{"product_id":"montmartre-nicholas-hewitt-9781789620481","title":"Montmartre: A Cultural History","description":"'What is Montmartre? Nothing. What must it be? Everything', proclaimed Rodolphe Salis in 1881, when his cabaret Le Chat Noir launched an entertainment boom in the 9th and 18th Arrondissements of Paris which would dominate the worlds of popular and high culture until the First World War. Montmartre's music-halls, circuses, cinemas, accompanied by extra frisson of crime and prostitution, coexisted with burgeoning art movements sprung from the cabarets, which spearheaded the avant-garde in painting, theatre and literature. The story, however, did not end in 1914 and Montmartre retained its role as a magnet for tourists, lured by the Moulin-Rouge and the Sacré-Coeur, and, despite the competition from Montparnasse, as a major centre for artistic creativity in the inter-war years. Crucial to this continuity was, not merely the survival of many of the most important players from the pre-War period, but especially the role of the humorous press and the Montmartre caricaturists and illustrators who congregated in the Restaurant Manière. In this study, Nicholas Hewitt charts the continuity of Montmartre culture from the Belle Epoque to the Occupation through its many overlapping frontiers and explores its vital ingredients of sexuality, kitsch, bohemia, mass culture and the political and social ambiguities of such a mixture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nicholas Hewitt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1789620481\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781789620481\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Liverpool University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/29\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNicholas Hewitt is Emeritus Professor of French at the University of Nottingham. The editor of the journal French Cultural Studies, his previous books include The Cambridge Companion to Modern French Culture (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003) and The Life of Céline. A Critical Biography\u003cbr\u003e(Oxford: Blackwell, 1999)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nicholas Hewitt","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43938811707647,"sku":"9781789620481","price":42.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_eb8a8f5e-e974-4f24-a05c-a1c061201a48.jpg?v=1681437846","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/montmartre-nicholas-hewitt-9781789620481","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}