The satiric decade
Subtitle: satire and the rise of republicanism in France, 1830-1840
By: Amy Wiese Forbes.
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Lanham
Language: eng
Number of pages: 289
ISBN-13: 9780739129456; 9780739143278
Subjects: Political satire, French -- History and criticism; Republicanism -- France -- History -- 19th century; Political culture -- France -- History -- 19th century; Popular culture -- France -- History -- 19th century; Courts -- Political aspects -- France -- History -- 19th century; France -- Politics and government -- 1830-1848; France -- Intellectual life -- 19th century; France -- Social conditions -- 19th century; France -- History -- Louis Philippe, 1830-1848
Description: "Where do democratic political practices originate? This issue has long concerned republics, but few historians have studied the process by which people learn the skills of rights-based government. In this illuminating history, Amy Wiese Forbes addresses these origins by analyzing how republicanism took shape through the political satire that flooded French newspapers, theaters, courtrooms, and even academic life in 1830. Forbes shows that satire was the chief source of the critical spirit of republicanism that erupted in the 1840s and sustained the Republic in the 1870s and argues against the notion that satire had no lasting political impact. This book will speak to historians of French politics, republicanism, popular culture, the July Monarchy, satire and political humor, class and gender formation, and legal history."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Conspiracy; title: Legality; title: Fraud; title: Imposture; title: Charivari; title: Absurdity.