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To: limtex who wrote (20351)	12/24/1998 3:50:00 PM
From: kech	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 152472

OT Except for French Bashers/Enthusiasts- A while back we had a heated discussion about why France and the US don't seem to get along. Just in time for a Christmas Eve purchase on Amazon.Com I would like to recommend "Seducing the French: The Dilemma of Americanization" by Richard Kuisel In brief the story line is one of jealousy, repulsion, and then adaptation by French culture of the best/worst aspects of American culture. All this while the US still jokes about the origins of French Fries. It isn't fair -- as the French see it - to be a world power one minute (before WWII). The next thing you know a bunch of hicks and rubes from over the waves are imposing cultural hegemony on a country that really cares about its culture. The imposers don't even know they have a culture to impose. Again, it isn't fair. A few excerpts: The Economist- "...a subtle yet lucid account of the Americanisation of the French cultural and political landscape, and of the French reaction to it." Foreign Affairs- "A fine study of French attitudes toward American and toward the presence of American culture, real and putative...combines careful research into representative episodes with keen analysis and a pleasing style: an unpretenious contribution to important themes." Tom B. - "Why the Frogs hate the Yanks - and nobody notices - until it spills over into defense/trade frictions." So, on top of leading edge thinking on technology, legal issues, competitive tactics, wave forms, we can also add "comparative culture" - both Scandinavian/US and France/US to the brew available on the site. Happy Holidays! Tom