The flâneur and his city: Patterns of daily life in Paris 1815–1851 (Durham Modern Languages Series) - Softcover

Burton, Richard D. E.

 
9780719081873: The flâneur and his city: Patterns of daily life in Paris 1815–1851 (Durham Modern Languages Series)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0719081874 ISBN 13: 9780719081873
Publisher: Manchester University Press, 2010

Synopsis

The book provides a "flâneur's eye view" of Parisian life in the first half of the nineteenth century: dress, cafés and restaurants, but also shops and passages, the omnibus, bals publics and carnival. The author provides general conclusions about the private and public spheres in "le vieux Paris." Like the flâneur, the author concentrates less on factual information for its own sake--which may be found in the secondary works cited in the text and footnotes--than on the "semiological" or anthropological significance of the cultural forms in question. Links are drawn between cultural institutions and class relations in pre-1850 Paris, with particular emphasis on cultural inequality, on the persistence of cross-class contacts, and the growing differences between classes as reflected in behavior and attitudes.

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About the Author

Richard D. E. Burton (d.2008) was Professor of French and Francophone Studies, University of Sussex

From the Back Cover

The book provides a 'flâneur's eye view' of Parisian life in the first half of the nineteenth century: dress, cafés and restaurants, but also shops and passages, the omnibus, bals publics and carnival. The author provides general conclusions about the private and public spheres in 'le vieux Paris'. Like the flâneur, the author concentrates less on factual information for its own sake - which may be found in the secondary works cited in the text and footnotes - than on the 'semiological' or anthropological significance of the cultural forms in question. Links are drawn between cultural institutions and class relations in pre-1850 Paris, with particular emphasis on cultural inequality, on the persistence of cross-class contacts, and the growing differences between classes as reflected in behaviour and attitudes.

From the Inside Flap

The book provides a flâneur s eye view of Parisian life in the first half of the nineteenth century: dress, cafés and restaurants, but also shops and passages, the omnibus, bals publics and carnival. The author provides general conclusions about the private and public spheres in le vieux Paris . Like the flâneur, the author concentrates less on factual information for its own sake which may be found in the secondary works cited in the text and footnotes than on the semiological or anthropological significance of the cultural forms in question. Links are drawn between cultural institutions and class relations in pre-1850 Paris, with particular emphasis on cultural inequality, on the persistence of cross-class contacts, and the growing differences between classes as reflected in behaviour and attitudes.

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Publisher
Manchester University Press
Publication date
2010
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0719081874
ISBN 13 
9780719081873
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
88