Propaganda,Gender,andCulturalPower:ProjectionsandPerceptionsofFranceinBritainc1880-1944analysesthepowerfulmotivationsthatfuelledmembersofcivilsociety,andinparticularwomen,todedicatetheirresourcesinthepursuitofimprovingtheimageofFranceinBritainthroughculturalstrategies.Bytracingtheoriginsanddevelopmentofthisnewdiplomaticmethod,FaucherrevealshowFrenchcitizens,BritishFrancophiles,andeventuallytheFrenchstate,promotedFrenchcultureinBritain.Atthesametime,itdiscussesinterwargender-baseddiscriminationinthefieldofculturaldiplomacy;wartimecatalystsforchange-inparticularthearrivalofchildrefugeesandtheintroductionofnewpropagandamethodsintheFrenchandBritishdiplomaticspheres;andthepoliticalcontestsoverownershipofculturalproduction.BystudyingtheprojectionsandperceptionsofFranceinBritain,FaucheralsopaintsanewpictureofculturalcosmopolitanisminBritain.
