The Rat de l’Opéra and the Social Imaginary of Labour: Dance in July Monarchy Popular Culture

Autor:	Olivia Sabee
Rok vydání:	2022
Předmět:	Cultural Studies Linguistics and Language History Literature and Literary Theory Language and Linguistics
Zdroj:	French Studies. 76:554-575
ISSN:	1468-2931 0016-1128
DOI:	10.1093/fs/knac180
Popis:	Mid-nineteenth-century literary and theatrical depictions of rats de l’Opéra (young girls training and performing with the Paris Opéra) emphasize their physical and material hardships, dubious morals, and shapeshifting abilities. Physiologies, tell-all histories of the Paris Opéra, and vaudeville livrets each underscore these qualities of the rat in their portrayals of her, yet they also emphasize her role as a labourer. Taken together, these representations of the rat connect ensemble dancers with the idea of labour in the social imaginary, crafting an image of the ensemble dancer as physical labourer, juxtaposed with the star dancer, considered to be an artist.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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