Rites of the Republic
Subtitle: citizens' theatre and the politics of culture in Southern France
By: Mark Ingram
Series: Teaching culture : UTP ethnographies for the classroom; Teaching culture
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Toronto
Language: eng
Number of pages: 238
ISBN-13: 9781442601765; 9781442601758
Subjects: Theater; Friche la belle de mai (Marseille, France); Théâtre rural d'animation culturelle (Beaumes-de-Venise, France); Theater and society; Theater and state; Cultural policy
Description: In this exploration of citizenship and the politics of culture in contemporary France, Ingram examines two theatre troupes in Provence: one based in a small town in the rural part of the Vaucluse region, and the other an urban project in Marseille, France's most culturally diverse city. Both troupes are committed to explicitly civic goals in the tradition of citizens' theatre. Focusing on the personal stories of the theatre artists in these two troupes, and' the continuities between their narratives, their performances, and the national discourse directed by the Ministry of Culture, Ingram examines the ways in which these artists interpret universalistic ideals underlying both art and the Republic in their theatrical work. In the process he charts the evolution of new models far society and citizenship in a rapidly changing France. --Book Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 202-222) and index.

Also available in electronic formats.
Table of contents: title: Defining culture : state cultural policy and discourse on the arts in France; title: "Culture" in local perspectives : the TRAC of Beaumes de Venise; title: The Friche la Belle de Mai : redefining state cultural policy in "Euro-Mediterranean" Marseille; title: "unity in diversity" in EU and municipal cultural policy : Avignon and Marseille as European capitals of culture; title: Performing "citizens' theatre" : rites of the republic between Europe and the Mediterranean; title: "Citizens' theatre" in post-colonial Europe : new foundations for the politics of culture?; title: Conclusion : the state, the arts, and the polis.