Parisian Fields. Edited by Michael Sheringham.

[Paris in the 1920s] . Parisian Fields. Edited by Michael Sheringham. London:: Reaktion Books,, 1996.. First Paperback Printing. ISBN: 094846285x. A Very Good plus copy in paperback binding with a crease to a corner of the rear panel. The writers of Parisian Fields investigate how Paris has been both seen and shaped by tourist guides; how its topography has been represented and allegorized by film-makers like Godard, Clair, Vigo and Renoir; how the city has responded to "new" Parisians – for example Afro-American musicians and dancers such as Josephine Baker – and to previously marginalized Parisians – gays and women. Literary analysis, film, social and gender theory, perspectives on urbanism; here are many provocative and innovative views of the open field of Paris, which will appeal to anyone interested in French cultural and literary studies – or just in the City of Light herself. With essays by Roger Clark, Nicholas Hewitt, Jon Kear, Tom Conley, Michael Sheringham, Alex Hughes, Adrian Rifkin, Belinda Jack, Verena Andermatt Conley and Marc Augé.This collection of essays on the Art & Urbanism of Paris addresses surrealism and film, psychoanalysis and feminism, new art forms, and many other aspects of the City of Light.