Gender as a political orientation: Parisian salonnieres and the Querelle des Bouffons.

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  • Author(s): Pekacz, Jolanta T.
  • Source:
    Canadian Journal of History. Dec97, Vol. 32 Issue 3, p405. 10p.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      SALONS (Gatherings)
    • Subject Terms:
      FRANCE; PARIS (France)
    • Abstract:
      Proposes a different contextualization of the Querelle des Bouffons resulting from an analysis of the position taken by Parisian salonnieres on the dispute and the observation that the supporters of both of each operatic genre were divided along political and gender lines. Pro-French orientation of the salonnieres; Link of the French opera with the monarchy and its politics.