Rosemary A Peters

Stealing Things

Theft and the Author in Nineteenth-Century France

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Stealing Things demonstrates how nineteenth-century French narratives portraying the "thief" figure reflect and critique popular attitudes of the times. This book focuses on how stolen objects shape individual identity and social status.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Seitenzahl: 276
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. August 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 603g
• ISBN-13: 9780739180044
• ISBN-10: 0739180045
• Artikelnr.: 39046521

Autorenporträt

By Rosemary A. Peters

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Codes for Honest People 2. Objects of Fiction
Affairs of State 3. Time Bandits: Purloining the Pocket Watch 4. Identify Theft in the Second Empire 5. Out of the Shadows
Into the Shops: Theft
Gender
and Object Relations Conclusion Bibliography Index About the Author