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Playing Cleopatra : inventing the female celebrity in Third Republic France / Holly Grout.
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Ebook Central Perpetual, DDA and Subscription Titles- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Grout, Holly, 1976- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women in the theater--France--History.
- Women--France--Social conditions--20th century.
- Women--France--Social conditions--19th century.
- Actresses--France--Paris.
- France--History--Third Republic, 1870-1940.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xi, 222 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2024]
- Contents:
- Cover
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Fictions and Fantasies
- 1. Cleopatra: A "Most Womanly Woman"
- 2. Sarah Bernhardt: "Incredible Mirage"
- 3. Colette: "Audacious Shamelessness"
- 4. Josephine Baker: "A Wild Splendor"
- Conclusion: Immortels
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 11, 2024).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Grout, Holly, 1976- Playing Cleopatra
- ISBN:
- 9780807181850
- 0807181854
- 9780807181867
- 0807181862
- Publisher Number:
- 40032201212
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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