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In chapter 5, “Gallantry and Soft Power,” Markovits examines the use of gallant theater by diplomats and military leaders in the promotion of nonmilitaristic cultural influence. Geneva, Brussels, and Hanover serve as case studies where “the construction of . . . individual identities was closely linked to a collective French identity characterized by gallantry” (163). Chapter 6, “A Theater in Geneva?,” traces the evolution of the understanding of theater as an “instrument of acculturation” in the context of Voltaire and Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s political warfare over the future of theatrical performance in the city (188). The final two chapters (“Exporting Revolution?” and “Theater and Acculturation in the Annexed Departments”) consider the function of acculturation during the revolutionary and imperial periods during which French theater in Europe became largely associated with French political control.
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As the official publication of the American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (ASECS), Eighteenth-Century Studies is committed to publishing the best of current writing on all aspects of eighteenth-century culture. The journal selects essays that employ different modes of analysis and disciplinary discourses to explore how recent historiographical, critical, and theoretical ideas have engaged scholars concerned with the eighteenth century.
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