Heroes and legends of fin-de-siècle France : gender, politics, and national identity / / Venita Datta [[electronic resource]]

• Autore: Datta Venita <1961->
• Pubblicazione: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xi, 264 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 944.081/2
• Soggetto topico: Heroes - France - History; Women heroes - France - History; Nationalism - France - History; Sex role - France - History
• Classificazione: HIS010000
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-254) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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?
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 of French history. The popularity of the heroic cult at this time was in part the result of defeat in the Franco-Prussian War in 1870, as well as a reaction to changing gender roles and collective guilt about the egoism and selfishness of modern consumer culture. The author analyzes representations of historical figures in the theater, focusing on Cyrano de Bergerac, Napoleon and Joan of Arc, and examines the press coverage of heroes and anti-heroes in the Bazar de la Charité fire of 1897 and the Ullmo spy case of 1907.
• Altri titoli varianti: Heroes & Legends of Fin-de-Siècle France
• Titolo autorizzato: Heroes and legends of fin-de-siècle France
• ISBN: 1-107-21464-5; 1-139-06310-3; 1-283-11687-1; 9786613116871; 1-139-07534-9; 0-511-92179-9; 1-139-06957-8; 1-139-07760-0; 1-139-07989-1; 1-139-08216-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910790073103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II