Singing the French Revolution

by Laura Mason

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801432332
• ISBN13: 9780801432330
• Release Date: November 1996
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher