Popular Theatre and Political Utopia in France, 1870¿1940

Active Citizens
Softcover Nachdruck of the original 1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-349-95589-3
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 357 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 486 g

Reihe: Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History

Represents the first study of popular theatre in France from left to right
Explores how theatre became central to the experience of political integration and subversion in the age of the masses
Illuminates the intersection between theatre and political acts

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wardhaugh, Jessica

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Theaterwissenschaft Theatergeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction.- 2. Citizens of Utopia: Popular Theatre and the Republican State.- 3. Folk Art, Faith, and Nationalism: Popular Theatre in the Provinces.- 4. Beyond the Peuple Fidèle: Catholic Theatre and the Masses.- 5. Anarchist Theatre in the Belle Époque: The Beauty of Revolt.- 6. The Art of Revolution, from Romain Rolland to Communist Agit-Prop.- 7. The Art of Counter-Revolution, from Royalist Satire to Fascist Mass Spectacle.- 8. Conclusion.

Über Autor(innen)

Jessica Wardhaugh is Associate Professor at the University of Warwick, UK, where she researches and teaches on French politics and culture. Her first monograph with Palgrave (2009) was a study of street politics in 1930s France. She has also edited books on Paris and the Right, and politics and the individual.