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Playing Cleopatra : inventing the female celebrity in Third Republic France /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Grout, Holly, 1976- (Author)
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2024]
Subjects:
Women in the theater > France > History.
Women > France > Social conditions > 20th century.
Women > France > Social conditions > 19th century.
Actresses > France > Paris.
France > History > Third Republic, 1870-1940.
Femmes au théâtre > France > Histoire.
Actrices > France > Paris.
France > Histoire > 1870-1940 (3e République)
Actresses
Women in the theater
France
France > Paris
1870-1940
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Fictions and Fantasies
  • 1. Cleopatra: A "Most Womanly Woman"
  • 2. Sarah Bernhardt: "Incredible Mirage"
  • 3. Colette: "Audacious Shamelessness"
  • 4. Josephine Baker: "A Wild Splendor"
  • Conclusion: Immortels
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index