Wicked City: The Many Cultures of Marseille [Original retail ed.] 1787381994, 978-1787381995

Marseille is a thoroughly ambiguous place. France's second city and its major sea-port, its impact on the national

330 86 1MB

English Pages 224 Year 1 Nov 2019

Wicked City: The Many Cultures of Marseille [Original retail ed.]
1787381994, 978-1787381995

Commentary
"A dramatic, sensitive and moving love letter to Marseille by one of the giants of French cultural studies, exploring how this frontier city between France, its empire and the world has been imagined in novels, photography, film, theatre, reportage and crime fiction. A triumphant last work."-- Robert Gildea, Professor of Modern History, University of Oxford, and author of Fighters in the Shadows

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