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Daughters of Eve : a cultural history of French theater women from the Old Regime to the fin de siècle / Lenard R. Berlanstein.
Van Pelt Library PN2622.W65 B47 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Berlanstein, Lenard R.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women in the theater--France--History--19th century.
- Women in the theater.
- Women in the theater--France--History--18th century.
- Actresses--France--Biography.
- Actresses.
- History.
- France.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- x, 300 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2001.
- Summary:
- Famous and seductive, female stage performers haunted French public life in the century before and after the Revolution. This pathbreaking study delineates the distinctive place of actresses, dancers, and singers within the French erotic and political imaginations. From the moment they became an unofficial caste of mistresses to France's elite during the reign of Louis XIV, their image fluctuated between emasculating men and delighting them.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-293) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0674005961
- OCLC:
- 46884146
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