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Playing at Monarchy

- Sport as Metaphor in Nineteenth-Century France

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Looks at the ways sports and games are metaphorically used to defend and subvert, to praise and mock both class and political power structures in nineteenth-century France. This book examines what shaped these games of the nineteenth-century and how they appeared as allegory in French literature, newspapers, historical studies, and game manuals.

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  • Sprog:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9780803217737
  • Indbinding:
  • Hardback
  • Sideantal:
  • 272
  • Udgivet:
  • 1. december 2008
  • Størrelse:
  • 140x216x0 mm.
  • Vægt:
  • 476 g.
  • Ukendt - mangler pt..

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Looks at the ways sports and games are metaphorically used to defend and subvert, to praise and mock both class and political power structures in nineteenth-century France. This book examines what shaped these games of the nineteenth-century and how they appeared as allegory in French literature, newspapers, historical studies, and game manuals.

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