This book, first published in 1989, is an analysis of what changed in 1789 with the French Revolution and what contemporary life owes to the event. It was not simply a series of events with worldwide repercussions, but also represented the foundation of the middle-class domination of social, cultural and political space, which survives today and is the site of major crises of public culture. One such site is the body. In spite of its prominence in consumer culture as an object of adornment and beautification, the human body retains none of its historic dignity and authority. The argument of this book is that the French Revolution played a crucial part in this diminution of the body. It traces revolutionary models of behaviour around the body and public life, and explains how such myths as the division between public and private, male and female worlds, and such masculine values as ‘objectivity’ were an integral part of the new public world created by the revolutionary middle class.
By:
Dorinda Outram Imprint: Routledge Country of Publication: United Kingdom Volume: 5 Dimensions:
Height: 234mm,
Width: 156mm,
Weight: 453g ISBN:9781032126388 ISBN 10: 1032126388 Series:Routledge Library Editions: Revolution Pages: 198 Publication Date:07 February 2022 Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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College/higher education
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Undergraduate
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Further / Higher Education
Format:Hardback Publisher's Status: Active
