Staging authority : presentation and power in nineteenth-century Europe : a handbook / Eva Giloi [and five others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Giloi, Eva, 1968- author.

Series:

De Gruyter Reference

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Authority--History--19th century.

Authority.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (510 pages)

Place of Publication:

Berlin : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, [2022]

Summary:

Staging Authority: Presentation and Power in Nineteenth-Century Europe is a comprehensive handbook on how the presentation, embodiment, and performance of authority changed in the long nineteenth century. It focuses on the diversification of authority: what new forms and expressions of authority arose in that critical century, how traditional authority figures responded and adapted to those changes, and how the public increasingly participated in constructing and validating authority. It pays particular attention to how spaces were transformed to offer new possibilities for the presentation of authority, and how the mediatization of presence affected traditional authority. The handbook’s fourteen chapters draw on innovative methodologies in cultural history and the aligned fields of the history of emotions, urban geography, persona studies, gender studies, media studies, and sound studies.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Staging Authority: Introduction

Traditional and New Forms of Authority

Charisma and Authority

Napoleon III: The ‘People’s King’

The Diversification of Authority: New Actors among Old Elites

The Social Promise of Scientific Progress: Technical Experts and the Quest for Authority

Clergy, Mystics, and Religious Leaders

Mass Media: Intimacy at a Distance

Presenting Authority on the Political Stage

Architecture, Space, and Emotions: Forging Connections between Government and Public

Parliamentary Authority and British Political Culture in the Long Nineteenth Century

Monarchical Entries in Nineteenth-Century Germany: Emperor Wilhelm I, 1848-1888

Nationalism and Empire as Modes of Hegemony

Mapping Empire

Imperial Reach: European Explorers and Imperial Agents in the Middle East

Modern Monarchic Visibility in Eurasian Empires

Taking Possession of Public Spaces

Civil Society and the Embodiment of Authority

Cultural Tourism and Royal Tours: Possession and Place-Making

Uncivilized and Noisy: Disciplining Listening in Nineteenth-Century Colombian Cities

List of Illustrations

Authors’ Biographies

Index

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9783110574012

3110574012

9783110571417

3110571412

OCLC:

1350570855