 | Singing the French Revolution: Popular Culture and Politics, 1787–1799 Subjects: Revolutionary ballads and songs -- France -- History and criticism; Popular culture -- France -- History -- 18th century; France -- History -- Revolution 1787–1799; 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... Laura Mason is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Georgia. |
