L’Année pornographique

2020 ◽  
Vol 111 (2) ◽  
pp. 260-287
Author(s):  
Raisa Rexer
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Third Republic ◽  
The Third ◽  
Daily Press ◽  
The Press ◽  
Sexually Explicit

Abstract This essay explores the sudden popularity and redefinition of the word pornographie in France in the 1880s. Following the publication of Émile Zola’s novel Nana and the rise of a genre of cheap, bawdy newspapers in 1880, the French daily press knowingly “invented” the word pornographie to designate these sexually explicit publications. Reviving an esoteric word, the press redeployed it with a new meaning and a (concocted) origin narrative that highlighted both the word’s “newness” and Zola’s place in the “new” genre it designated. This reinvention and deployment of the word were driven by the evolving politics and economics of the daily press during the first decades of the Third Republic. Ultimately, this politically motivated, half-fabricated reinvention of the word pornographie culminated with its becoming the catchall term that would all but replace obscenity as a signifier of sexually charged representation in the twentieth century.

The Rise of Suburban Paris

2018 ◽  
pp. 221-267
Author(s):  
Kory Olson
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Urban Growth ◽  
Future Development ◽  
Green Space ◽  
Third Republic ◽  
Transportation Infrastructure ◽  
The Third ◽  
And Control ◽  
Growing Region

This chapter examines the 1934 Carte générale de l’aménagement de la Région parisienne (Carte générale), a brightly-coloured, multi-page representation of Paris and its suburbs. Parliament passed ‘la loi du 14 mars 1932’ which officially defined ‘la région parisienne’ geographically as the area within a thirty-five-kilometre radius from the ‘parvis Notre Dame.’ A forty-member commission chose Prost’s Carte générale and named him Urbaniste en chef. Prost’s map, the last officially approved cartographic proposal for the capital under the Third Republic recognized the changing nature of early-twentieth century cities, where the automobile enhanced personal movement and overwhelmed nineteenth-century infrastructure. Reinforcing the desire to both know and control the growing region and address current transportation infrastructure inadequacies, Prost highlights new autoroutes and clearly delineates – geographically – where the region ends. Prost acknowledged the growing presence of the banlieue (suburb). He followed Jaussely’s lead and documented future development and existing green space. Prost also suggests controlling urban growth. This chapter investigates how Henri Prost’s Carte générale demonstrates the government’s desire to move beyond the ideals of urbanism in Jaussely’s 1919 Plan. Prost provides a much more realistic plan to address the region’s needs.

The Making of the "First Dog": President Warren G. Harding and Laddie Boy

2005 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 109-138 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helena Pycior
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Twentieth Century ◽  
The United States ◽  
Cultural Factors ◽  
White House ◽  
Cultural Icon ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Press ◽  
American Press ◽  
History Of

AbstractThis paper traces the history of the cultural icon of the "First Dog" of the United States back to the administration of President Warren G. Harding (1921-1923). It briefly explores technological and socio-cultural factors—including the early-twentieth-century cult of human and nonhuman celebrities—that laid a basis for the acceptance of Laddie Boy, Harding's Airedale terrier, as the third member of the First Family and a celebrity in his own right. Following Laddie Boy, First Dogs would greet and entertain visitors to the White House, pose for the press, make public appearances, and "talk." While recognizing that Laddie Boy's personality was essential to his success at the White House, the paper also documents the steps taken by President Harding, his wife Florence Kling Harding, and the American press to establish Laddie Boy as the First Dog of the land. The paper argues that the construction of the cultural icon of the First Dog was not simply a political ploy to humanize the President but more a calculated attempt by President Harding to further animal welfare.

EMILE BOUTROUX, REDEFINING SCIENCE AND FAITH IN THE THIRD REPUBLIC

2009 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 485-512 ◽  
Author(s):  
JOEL REVILL
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Free Will ◽  
Philosophy Of Science ◽  
Third Republic ◽  
French Philosophy ◽  
The Third ◽  
Dreyfus Affair ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Science And Faith

Historians have convincingly shown the extent to which Protestantism played a role in the founding of the Third Republic, undermining the once canonical claim that republicanism and religion were implacably hostile opponents in the latter half of the nineteenth century. Catholics, however, continue to be viewed as nearly universally antirepublican. Analyzing the writings of philosopher Emile Boutroux and his students, this article shows how the specifically Catholic concern with the relationship between free will and scientific concepts of determinism both influenced the direction of French philosophy of science into the twentieth century and provided a framework for defending the Republic at the height of the Dreyfus affair.

scholarly journals Fotografia e exploração geográfica: diálogos com Gênesis, de Sebastião Salgado

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 253-271
Author(s):  
Lara D' Assunção dos Santos
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Photographic Images ◽  
The Third ◽  
Strong Feeling ◽  
Palabras Clave ◽  
Imaginative Geographies ◽  
The Press ◽  
The World ◽  
Siglo Xx

Resumo O presente artigo desenvolve-se em torno da relevância das imagens fotográficas na construção de geografias imaginativas e na produção de um forte sentimento de alteridade e nacionalidade. Inicialmente, dissertarei sobre os primeiros registros de espaços inóspitos e como tais imagens faziam parte da cultura da exploração que objetivava deter o conhecimento do mundo. A segunda parte explora brevemente a fotografia do século XX, onde há um imenso potencial de divulgação viabilizado pela imprensa. Na terceira parte, utilizarei o livro Gênesis, de Sebastião Salgado, como referência para pensar a importância de registrar e testemunhar culturas, paisagens e identidades ainda presentes no mundo. Palavras-chave: Imagem; Fotografia; Sebastião Salgado; Exploração Geográfica   Abstract This article develops around the relevance of photographic images in imaginative geographies in the construction and production of a strong feeling of otherness and nationality. Initially, I will discuss about first records of inhospitable spaces and as such images were part of the culture of exploration that aimed to prevent the knowledge of the world. The second part briefly explores the twentieth century photography, where there is a huge potential for disclosure made possible by the press. In the third part, I will use Genesis book, Sebastiao Salgado, as a reference to think the importance of recording and witness the cultures, landscapes and still presents identities in the world. Keywords: Image; Photography; Sebastião Salgado; Geographical Exploration   Resumen Este artículo se desarrolla en torno a la relevancia de las imágenes en la construcción de geografías imaginativas y producción de un fuerte sentido de la alteridad y la nacionalidad. Primero hablaré sobre los primeros registros de espacios inhóspitos y cómo estas imágenes eran parte de la cultura de la exploración que tenía como objetivo detener el conocimiento del mundo. La segunda parte explora brevemente la imagen del siglo XX, donde hay un enorme potencial para la divulgación hecha posible por la prensa. En la tercera parte utilizará el libro de Génesis, Sebastiao Salgado, como una referencia a pensar la importancia de la grabación y el testimonio de las culturas y paisajes todavía presentes identidades en el mundo. Palabras clave: Imagen; Fotografía; Sebastião Salgado; Exploración Geográfica

From assimilation to Jewish identity: The dilemmas of French Jewry under the Occupation

2017 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 54-66
Author(s):  
Anne Freadman
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Jewish Identity ◽  
Third Republic ◽  
The Third ◽  
Nazi Occupation ◽  
Vichy France

Following the Napoleonic edict granting citizenship to the Jews, and the implementation of laws consolidating the secularism of the Third Republic, France seemed to have confirmed its status as a land of freedom for European Jews. This changed with the collaboration of Vichy France with the Nazi Occupation. This article studies personal writings, principally diaries, in order to discover the forms of experience of the crisis of identity that beset the Jews of France in the ‘Dark Years’ following this. It shows that under the secularist model of assimilation, this resolved into a series of dilemmas: israélite ou juif, French or Jewish, secular or religiously observant, nationalist, communist or Zionist. The article ends with the key figure of Wladimir Rabinovitch, bringing the account into the second half of the twentieth century. Notwithstanding some key international changes, the terms of these dilemmas has not changed.1

The Return of N’Guyen Van Binh

2020 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 25-42
Author(s):  
Geoff Read
Keyword(s):  
Third Republic ◽  
Forced Labor ◽  
Political Prisoner ◽  
Second Empire ◽  
Indentured Servitude ◽  
The Third ◽  
Original Sentence ◽  
French Colonial ◽  
One Year

This article explores the case of N’Guyen Van Binh, a South Vietnamese political prisoner exiled for his alleged role in “Poukhombo’s Rebellion” in Cambodia in 1866. Although Van Binh’s original sentence of exile was reduced to one year in prison he was nonetheless deported and disappeared into the maw of the colonial systems of indentured servitude and forced labor; he likely did not survive the experience. He was thus the victim of injustice and his case reveals the at best haphazard workings of the French colonial bureaucracy during the period of transition from the Second Empire to the Third Republic. While the documentary record is entirely from the perspective of the colonizers, reading between the lines we can also learn something about Van Binh himself including his fierce will to resist his colonial oppressors.

Historical Fragments’ Mobile Echo

Transfers ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 115-119 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan E. Bell ◽  
Kathy Davis
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Eighteenth Century ◽  
Cultural Revolution ◽  
Ming Dynasty ◽  
Third Century ◽  
Refugee Crisis ◽  
The Third ◽  
Opium War ◽  
The Subject

Translocation – Transformation is an ambitious contribution to the subject of mobility. Materially, it interlinks seemingly disparate objects into a surprisingly unified exhibition on mobile histories and heritages: twelve bronze zodiac heads, silk and bamboo creatures, worn life vests, pressed Pu-erh tea, thousands of broken antique teapot spouts, and an ancestral wooden temple from the Ming dynasty (1368–1644) used by a tea-trading family. Historically and politically, the exhibition engages Chinese stories from the third century BCE, empires in eighteenth-century Austria and China, the Second Opium War in the nineteenth century, the Chinese Cultural Revolution of the mid-twentieth century, and today’s global refugee crisis.

A war hero or a Hitler soldier?

2019 ◽  
pp. 50-57
Author(s):  
Pavel Gotovetsky
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
World War Ii ◽  
Interwar Period ◽  
Military Service ◽  
Third Reich ◽  
National Committee ◽  
World War ◽  
The Third ◽  
The World ◽  
The Third Reich

The article is devoted to the biography of General Pavlo Shandruk, an Ukrainian officer who served as a Polish contract officer in the interwar period and at the beginning of the World War II, and in 1945 became the organizer and commander of the Ukrainian National Army fighting alongside the Third Reich in the last months of the war. The author focuses on the symbolic event of 1961, which was the decoration of General Shandruk with the highest Polish (émigré) military decoration – the Virtuti Militari order, for his heroic military service in 1939. By describing the controversy and emotions among Poles and Ukrainians, which accompanied the award of the former Hitler's soldier, the author tries to answer the question of how the General Shandruk’s activities should be assessed in the perspective of the uneasy Twentieth-Century Polish-Ukrainian relations. Keywords: Pavlo Shandruk, Władysław Anders, Virtuti Militari, Ukrainian National Army, Ukrainian National Committee, contract officer.

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