Singing the French Revolution : popular culture and politics, 1787-1799

Summary: Laura Mason examines the shifting fortunes of singing as a political gesture to highlight the importance of popular culture to revolutionary politics. Arguing that scholars have overstated the uniformity of revolutionary political culture, Mason uses songwriting and singing practices to reveal its diverse nature. Song performances in the streets, theaters, and clubs of Paris showed how popular culture was invested with new political meaning after 1789, becoming one of the most important means for engaging in revolutionary debate.

Record details

ISBN: 9781501728563
ISBN: 9780801432330
ISBN: 1501728563
ISBN: 0801432332
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xi, 268 pages) : illustrations
remote
Computer data.
Publisher: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 1996.

Content descriptions

General Note:	CatMonthString:september.21 Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-262) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Introduction: Revolutionary Scholarship and Popular Culture -- Ch. 1. Songs under the Old Regime -- Ch. 2. Songs in the Street (1787 -- July 1792) -- Ch. 3. Songs off the Street: Newspapers, Theaters, and Satire (1789 -- September 1793) -- Interlude: From Chant de Guerre to La Marseillaise -- Ch. 4. The Revolutionary Song (April 1792 -- Pluviose Year III) -- Ch. 5. The Reactionary Song (Brumaire Year III -- Ventose Year IV) -- Ch. 6. The Song in Retreat (Messidor Year III -- Brumaire Year VIII) -- Ch. 7. Songs Silenced and Changed (from Ventose Year IV into the Nineteenth Century) -- Conclusion: The Impact and Legacy of Revolutionary Culture.
Type of Computer File or Data Note:	Text (HTML), electronic book.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: Internet.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:	Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff. Access restricted by subscription.
Language Note:	English.
Issuing Body Note:	Made available online by JSTOR.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.