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Political Actors: Representative Bodies and Theatricality in the Age of the French Revolution

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Description for Political Actors: Representative Bodies and Theatricality in the Age of the French Revolution Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, 1 chart, 11 halftones, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 3JF; AN; HBJD; HBLL; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 24. Weight in Grams: 518.

From the start of the French Revolution, contemporary observers were struck by the overwhelming theatricality of political events. Examples of convergence between theater and politics included the election of dramatic actors to powerful political and military positions and reports that deputies to the National Assembly were taking acting lessons and planting paid "claqueurs" in the audience to applaud their employers on demand. Meanwhile, in a mock national assembly that gathered in an enormous circus pavilion in the center of Paris, spectators paid for the privilege of acting the role of political representatives for a day.

Paul Friedland argues that politics ... Read more

According to Friedland, this new form of representation brought about a sharp demarcation between actors—on both stages—and their audience, one that relegated spectators to the role of passive observers of a performance that was given for their benefit but without their direct participation. Political Actors, a landmark contribution to eighteenth-century studies, furthers understanding not only of the French Revolution but also of the very nature of modern representative democracy.

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Product Details

Publisher
Cornell University Press Ithaca
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
Weight
513g
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
Ithaca, United States
ISBN
9780801488092
SKU
V9780801488092
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About Paul Friedland
Paul Friedland is Assistant Professor of History at Bowdoin College.

Reviews for Political Actors: Representative Bodies and Theatricality in the Age of the French Revolution
In Political Actors, Paul Friedland explores wider connections between politics and theatre in the Revolution.... Complex innovations in the theory and practice of political representation are juxtaposed with more accessible theatrical innovations before and during the Revolution; both are read as manifestations of 'a fundamental revolution in representation itself', and so connected at a high level of abstraction.... Friedland presents ... Read more

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