The Orient of the Boulevards: Exoticism, Empire, and Nineteenth-Century French Theater

Angela C. Pao

Published by University of Pennsylvania Press 1998

The Orient of the Boulevards

Exoticism, Empire, and Nineteenth-Century French Theater

Angela C. Pao

In the series New Cultural Studies

https://doi.org/10.9783/9781512806809

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Mining rich archival resources of play-texts, censorship reports, critical reviews, and contemporary writings on performance practice, Angela C. Pao reveals the complex processes by which the institutions of popular culture helped shape nineteenth-century notions of race, ethnicity, and nationality.

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Angela C. Pao is Associate Professor Emerita of Comparative Literature at Indiana University

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Illustrations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
Introduction: From the Orient as Theater to the Orient in the Theater Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part I. Domestic Exoticism
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1. Nineteenth-Century Popular Theater Institutions and Practices Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	22
2. Exotic Tragedy The Orient on the Ancien Régime Stage Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	45
3. Exotic Boundaries Reading the Censors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	62
4. Oriental Escapades Les Ruines de Babylone, or Positioning the European Spectator Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	78
Part II. Dramatic Campaigns
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5. National Images From La Bataille d'Aboukir to Bonaparte en Egypte, or The Evolution of National Drama Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	111
6. Fictions of War Reading the Critics Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	124
7. Oriental Campaigns in Print and on Stage Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	137
8. Occident versus Orient Les Massacres de Syrie and the Recasting of History Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	151
Conclusion: From Stage to Screen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	180
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	185
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	215
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	225
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	227

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Language: English
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 248
Illustrations
- Other: 11 illus.
Keywords: Literature; Cultural Studies

eBook

Published: August 17, 2015
ISBN: 9781512806809