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Spectacles Of Realism: Gender, Body, Genre

Christopher Prendergast

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With particular reference to nineteenth-century French culture, the contributors explore the role realism has played in the social construction of gender and sexuality. Among their subjects are nineteenth-century physiologies, photographs, caricatures, and Balzac's Comedie humaine; the ethnographic claims of the Goncourts' naturalism and the historical claims of Zola's; and the allure of exotica displayed at new museums and international expositions.

Language: English

Pages: 384

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Univ Of Minnesota Press

Release: July 10, 1995

ISBN: 0816625212

ISBN 13: 9780816625215

Spectacles Of Realism: Gender, Body, Genre

Christopher Prendergast

0/5 ( ratings)

With particular reference to nineteenth-century French culture, the contributors explore the role realism has played in the social construction of gender and sexuality. Among their subjects are nineteenth-century physiologies, photographs, caricatures, and Balzac's Comedie humaine; the ethnographic claims of the Goncourts' naturalism and the historical claims of Zola's; and the allure of exotica displayed at new museums and international expositions.

Language: English

Pages: 384

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Univ Of Minnesota Press

Release: July 10, 1995

ISBN: 0816625212

ISBN 13: 9780816625215

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