Propaganda, Gender, and Cultural Power Projections and Perceptions of France in Britain c1880-1944

Propaganda, Gender, and Cultural Power: Projections and Perceptions of France in Britain c1880-1944 analyses the powerful motivations that fuelled members of civil society, and in particular women, to dedicate their resources in the pursuit of improving the image of France in Britain through cultural strategies. By tracing the origins and development of this new diplomatic method, Faucher reveals how French citizens, British Francophiles, and eventually the French state, promoted French culture in Britain. At the same time, it discusses interwar gender-based discrimination in the field of cultural diplomacy; wartime catalysts for change - in particular the arrival of child refugees and the introduction of new propaganda methods in the French and British diplomatic spheres; and the political contests over ownership of cultural production. By studying the projections and perceptions of France in Britain, Faucher also paints a new picture of cultural cosmopolitanism in Britain.

Charlotte Faucher, University of Manchester

Charlotte Faucher is a British Academy postdoctoral fellow at the University of Manchester. She was born in France where she completed her BA and MA. She received her PhD from Queen Mary University of London (2015). Afterwards, she held teaching positions at the University of Warwick, Sciences Po
Paris, and the University of Manchester. She has published an article on gender and French soft power in Historical Journal and a piece on cultural diplomacy during the Second World War in Journal of Contemporary History.