Heroes and Legends of Fin-De-Siecle France - Gender, Politics, and National Identity

Informationen zum Autor Venita Datta, Professor of French at Wellesley College, where she has taught since 1991, is a specialist of French cultural and intellectual history of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. She is the author of Birth of a National Icon (1999) and has published articles in various journals, including French Historical Studies, the Journal of Contemporary History, Historical Reflections/Réflexions historiques, French Cultural Studies and CLIO: Histoire, Femmes et Société. Professor Datta is a recipient of the Chateaubriand Fellowship, awarded by the French government. Klappentext Venita Datta examines representations of fictional and real heroes in the boulevard theater and mass press during the fin de si cle. Zusammenfassung In Heroes and Legends of Fin-de-Siècle France Venita Datta examines representations of fictional and real heroes in the boulevard theater and mass press during the fin de siècle (1880–1914), illuminating the role of gender in the construction of national identity during this formative period of French history. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: the fin-de-siècle cult of heroes; 1. Gender, class, and national identity: images of heroism in the Bazar de la Charité fire of 1897; 2. Cyrano: a hero for the fin de siècle?; 3. 'L'appel au soldat': visions of the Napoleonic legend in popular culture; 4. On the boulevards: representations of Joan of Arc in the popular theater; 5. Opium, gambling, and the demimondaine: the Ullmo spy case of 1907-1908; Conclusion: from one war to the next: the end of heroes?

Product details

• Authors: Venita Datta, Venita (Wellesley College Datta, Datta Venita
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.04.2011
• EAN: 9780521186520
• ISBN: 978-0-521-18652-0
• No. of pages: 276
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, France, European History, HISTORY / Social History, HISTORY / Europe / France, Social & cultural history, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Theatre Studies, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Social and cultural history, C 1900 - C 1914, c 1900 to c 1909