Montmartre: A Cultural History

In this new study, Nicholas Hewitt charts the continuity of Montmartre culture from the Belle Epoque to the Occupation through its many overlapping frontiers and explores its vital ingredients of sexuality, kitsch, bohemia, mass culture and the political and social ambiguities of such a mixture.

About the author

Nicholas Hewitt is Emeritus Professor of French at the University of Nottingham. The editor of the journal French Cultural Studies, his previous books include The Cambridge Companion to Modern French Culture (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003) and The Life of CÃ(c)line. A Critical Biography (Oxford: Blackwell, 1999).

Summary

Crucial to this continuity was, not merely the survival of many of the most important players from the pre-War period, but especially the role of the humorous press and the Montmartre caricaturists and illustrators who congregated in the Restaurant Maniere.

Product details

• Authors: Nicholas Hewitt
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2017
• EAN: 9781786940230
• ISBN: 978-1-78694-023-0
• No. of pages: 336
• Series: Contemporary French and Francophone Cultures; CONTEMPORARY FRENCH AND FRANCO; Contemporary French and Francophone Cultures; CONTEMPORARY FRENCH AND FRANCO
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History