The Melodramatic Thread: Spectacle and Political Culture in Modern France (Interdisciplinary Studies in History) - Softcover

Lehning, James R.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0253219108 ISBN 13: 9780253219107

Publisher: Indiana University Press, 2007

Synopsis

In France, both political culture and theatrical performances have drawn upon melodrama. This "melodramatic thread" helped weave the country's political life as it moved from monarchy to democracy. By examining the relationship between public ceremonies and theatrical performance, James R. Lehning sheds light on democratization in modern France. He explores the extent to which the dramatic forms were present in the public performance of political power. By concentrating on the Republic and the Revolution and on theatrical performance, Lehning affirms the importance of examining the performative aspects of French political culture for understanding the political differences that have marked France in the years since 1789.

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About the Author

James R. Lehning is Professor of History at The University of Utah and author of To Be a Citizen: The Political Culture of the Early French Third Republic and Peasant and French: Cultural Contact in Rural France during the Nineteenth Century.

Edition details

• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0253219108
• ISBN 13: 9780253219107
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192