Eccentricity and the cultural imagination in nineteenth-century Paris / / Miranda Gill
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| Autore: |
Gill Miranda
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| Titolo: |
Eccentricity and the cultural imagination in nineteenth-century Paris / / Miranda Gill
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| Pubblicazione: | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2009 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (341 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 944/.36106 |
| Soggetto topico: | Eccentrics and eccentricities - France - Paris - History - 19th century |
| Soggetto geografico: | Paris (France) Social life and customs 19th century |
| Note generali: | Formerly CIP. |
| Previously issued in print: 2009. | |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [291]-322) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; PART I. CAUSES AND CONTEXTS; PART II. FASHIONABLE SOCIETY; PART III. THE UNDERWORLD; PART IV. SCIENCE; Epilogue: Eccentricity in European Perspective; Bibliography; Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | What did it mean to call someone 'eccentric' in 19th century Paris? Drawing on etiquette manuals, fashion magazines, newspapers, novels, and psychiatric treatises, this study illuminates figures of Parisian modernity, from the courtesan and Bohemian to the female dandy and circus freak. |
| Altri titoli varianti: | Eccentricity & the cultural imagination in nineteenth-century Paris |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Eccentricity and the cultural imagination in nineteenth-century Paris |
| ISBN: | 1-383-04505-4 |
| 1-282-05328-0 | |
| 9786612053283 | |
| 0-19-156241-6 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910825059803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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