Voices of the People in Nineteenth-Century France

An innovative study revealing that folklore collections can shed new light on the lives of the socially marginalized.

List of contents

Introduction: folklore and the historian; 1. Storytelling in a maritime community: Saint-Cast, 1879-82; 2. The sailor's tale: storytelling on board the North Atlantic fishing fleet; 3. Love riddles and family strategies: the Dâyemans of Lorraine; 4. Storytelling and family dynamics in an extended household: the Briffaults of Montigny-aux-Amognes; 5. Work songs and peasant visions of the social order; 6. The visionary world of the Vellave lacemaker; Conclusion: between the micro and the macro; Bibliography.

About the author

David Hopkin is Fellow and Tutor in History at Hertford College, Oxford. His research concentrates on the oral and popular cultures of nineteenth-century Europe. He is editor of the journal Cultural and Social History.

Summary

This innovative study of the lives of ordinary people – peasants, fishermen, textile workers - in nineteenth-century France demonstrates how folklore collections can be used to shed new light on the socially marginalized, and reveals how oral culture provided mechanisms for the poor to assert some control over their own destinies.

Product details

• Authors: David Hopkin, David (University of Oxford) Hopkin
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.02.2017
• EAN: 9781316635568
• ISBN: 978-1-316-63556-8
• No. of pages: 312
• Series: Cambridge Social and Cultural Histories
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general)