The Fl穗eur and His City: Patterns of Daily Life in Paris 1815-1851 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780719081873)

The book provides a ''fl穗eur''s eye view' of Parisian life in the first half of the nineteenth century: dress, caf駸 and restaurants, but also shops and passages, the omnibus, 'bals publics' and carnival. The author provides general conclusions about the private and public spheres in 'le vieux Paris'. Like the 'fl穗eur', the author concentrates less on factual information for its own sake - which may be found in the secondary works cited in the text and footnotes - than on the 'semiological' or anthropological significance of the cultural forms in question. Links are drawn between cultural institutions and class relations in pre-1850 Paris, with particular emphasis on cultural inequality, on the persistence of cross-class contacts, and the growing differences between classes as reflected in behaviour and attitudes.

Author: Richard D. E. Burton
ISBN-10: 0719081874
ISBN-13: 9780719081873
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Language: English
Published: 04/01/2010
Pages: 88
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.27lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.21d