A critical and bibliographical study of stars in modern French film

Project start date: 2000-01 Project end date: 2001-12
An invaluable research resource in an exciting new area of French cultural studies the site comprises profiles of nearly 200 Francophone film stars, film descriptions and a database of references of press, radio and television coverage of Francophone film celebrities between 1949 and the present day. Publications selected for the database give a broad social and cultural perspective on film stars and the star concept. General mass-market titles like Paris-Match and Voici are complemented by titles conceived along the lines of gender, sexuality and age.
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Methods usedCategory
Data modellingData structuring and enhancement
textContent types
mediaDiscipline
Funding sources: 
Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)
Content types created: 
Dataset/structured data, Text
Software tools used: 
SQL, PHP
Source material used:  
Profiles of nearly 200 Francophone film stars and film descriptions.
Digital resource created:  
Relational database of stars of French film.
Access to digital resource:  
Restricted Access
Data Formats created: 
Structured Query Language (SQL)

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UK HE institutions involved:
University of Sheffield

Project staff and expertise: 

Principal staff member:Dr Guy Austin; Dr Wendy Michallat
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Metadata on this arts-humanities.net record
Author(s) of recordGuy Austin
TitleA critical and bibliographical study of stars in modern French film
Record created2007-07-23
Record updated2010-06-11 11:17
URL of recordhttp://www.arts-humanities.net/node/2255
Citation of recordGuy Austin: A critical and bibliographical study of stars in modern French film.
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created: 2007-07-23, last updated 2010-06-11 11:17