Heroes and legends of fin-de-siècle France : gender, politics, and national identity /

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"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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Datta, Venita, 1961-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Temas:
Heroes > France > History.
Women heroes > France > History.
Nationalism > France > History.
Sex role > France > History.
Héros > France > Histoire.
Héroïnes > France > Histoire.
Nationalisme > France > Histoire.
Rôle selon le sexe > France > Histoire.
HISTORY.
Heroes
Nationalism
Sex role
Women heroes
France
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: the fin-de-siècle cult of heroes
  • 1. Gender, class, and 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?

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