Singing the French Revolution
Subtitle: popular culture and politics, 1787-1799
By: Laura Mason.
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Ithaca
Language: eng
Number of pages: 268
Subjects: Revolutionary ballads and songs -- France -- History and criticism.; Popular culture -- France -- History -- 18th century.; France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799.
Description: Laura Mason examines the shifting fortunes of singing as a political gesture to highlight the importance of popular culture to revolutionary politics. Arguing that scholars have overstated the uniformity of revolutionary political culture, Mason uses songwriting and singing practices to reveal its diverse nature.

Song performances in the streets, theaters, and clubs of Paris showed how popular culture was invested with new political meaning after 1789, becoming one of the most important means for engaging in revolutionary debate.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-262) and index.