Zouave Theaters

Author : Carol E. Harrison
Publisher : LSU Press
ISBN 13 : 0807182109
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Zouave Theaters written by Carol E. Harrison and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2024-04-17 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this compelling new study, Carol E. Harrison and Thomas J. Brown chart the rise and fall of the Zouave uniform, the nineteenth century’s most important military fashion fad for men and women on both sides of the Atlantic. Originating in French colonial Algeria, the uniform was characterized by an open, collarless jacket, baggy trousers, and a fez. As Harrison and Brown demonstrate, the Zouaves embraced ethnic, racial, and gender crossing, liberating themselves from the strictures of bourgeois society. Some served as soldiers in Papal Rome, the United States, the British West Indies, and Brazil, while others acted in theatrical performances that combined drag and drill. Zouave Theaters analyzes the interaction of the stage and the military, and reveals that the Zouave persona influenced visual artists from painters and photographers to illustrators and filmmakers.

Author : Daniel J. Miller
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476677263
Total Pages : 550 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book American Zouaves, 1859-1959 written by Daniel J. Miller and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2019-12-26 with total page 550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:  The elite French Zouaves, with their distinctive, colorful uniforms, set an influential example for volunteer soldiers during the Civil War and continued to inspire American military units for a century. Hundreds of militia companies adopted the flamboyant uniform to emulate the gallantry and martial tradition of the Zouaves. Drawing on fifty years of research, this volume provides a comprehensive state-by-state catalog of American Zouave units, richly illustrated with rare and previously unpublished photographs and drawings. The author dispels many misconceptions and errors that have persisted over the last 150 years.

Author : Sima Godfrey
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 1487547781
Total Pages : 213 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Crimean War and Cultural Memory written by Sima Godfrey and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2023-08-31 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Crimean War (1854–56) is widely considered the first modern war with its tactical use of railways, telegraphs, and battleships, its long-range rifles, and its notorious trenches – precursors of the Great War. It is also the first media war: the first to know the impact of a correspondent on the field of battle and the first to be documented in photographs. No one, however, including the French themselves, seems to remember that France was there, fighting in Crimea, losing 95,000 soldiers and leading the Allied campaign to victory. It would seem that the Crimean War has no place in the canon of culturally retained historical events that define modern French identity. Looking at literature, art, theatre, material objects, and medical reports, The Crimean War and Cultural Memory considers how the Crimean War was and was not represented in French cultural history in the second half of the nineteenth century. Ultimately, the book illuminates the forgotten traces that the Crimean War left on the French cultural landscape.

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Publisher : US History Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1603540172
Total Pages : 862 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Louisiana: A Guide to the State written by and published by US History Publishers. This book was released on 1976 with total page 862 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Best Books on
Publisher : Best Books on
ISBN 13 : 1623760178
Total Pages : 863 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Louisiana; a Guide to the State written by Best Books on and published by Best Books on. This book was released on 1941 with total page 863 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : George W. Cooke
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Inside Sebastopol, and Experiences in Camp written by George W. Cooke and published by . This book was released on 1856 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Sevastopol
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 414 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Inside Sebastopol, and experiences in camp written by Sevastopol and published by . This book was released on 1856 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Renée M. Sentilles
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521820707
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Performing Menken written by Renée M. Sentilles and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2003-05-26 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Performing Menken uses the life experiences of controversial actress and poet Adah Isaacs Menken to examine the culture of the Civil War period and what Menken's choices reveal about her period. It explores the roots of the cult of celebrity that emerged from crucible of war. While discussing Menken's racial and ethnic claims and her performance of gender and sexuality, Performing Menken focuses on contemporary use of social categories to explain patterns in America's past and considers why such categories appear to remain important.

Author : Federal Writers' Project
Publisher : Trinity University Press
ISBN 13 : 1595342168
Total Pages : 746 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The WPA Guide to Louisiana written by Federal Writers' Project and published by Trinity University Press. This book was released on 2013-10-31 with total page 746 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the 1930s in the United States, the Works Progress Administration developed the Federal Writers’ Project to support writers and artists while making a national effort to document the country’s shared history and culture. The American Guide series consists of individual guides to each of the states. Little-known authors—many of whom would later become celebrated literary figures—were commissioned to write these important books. John Steinbeck, Saul Bellow, Zora Neale Hurston, and Ralph Ellison are among the more than 6,000 writers, editors, historians, and researchers who documented this celebration of local histories. Photographs, drawings, driving tours, detailed descriptions of towns, and rich cultural details exhibit each state’s unique flavor. The WPA Guide to Louisiana features a state influenced greatly by both Cajun and Southern cultures, as seen in the excellent photography and the chapter focused solely on traditional Louisiana cuisine. From Acadiana to the northern Sportsmans’ Paradise, this guide takes the reader on a journey across the swamplands of the Pelican State with several driving tours and special essays on the rich histories of Baton Rouge and New Orleans.

Author : Gouverneur Morris (U.S.V.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The History of a Volunteer Regiment written by Gouverneur Morris (U.S.V.) and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: