Voices of the people in nineteenth-century france
Auteur :
Hopkin, David
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9781316635568
Date de publication :
2 févr. 2017
Dimensions :
23,0 x 15,3 x 1,5 cm
Poids :
460 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This innovative study of the lives of ordinary people – peasants, fishermen, textile workers - in nineteenth-century France demonstrates how folklore collections can be used to shed new light on the socially marginalized, and reveals how oral culture provided mechanisms for the poor to assert some control over their own destinies.