Mormons in Paris - Polygamy on the French Stage, 1874-1892 (Paperback)

Winner of the 2021 Best International Book Award from the Mormon History Association In the late nineteenth century, numerous French plays, novels, cartoons, and works of art focused on Mormons. Unlike American authors who portrayed Mormons as malevolent “others,� however, French dramatists used Mormonism to point out hypocrisy in their own culture. Aren't Mormon women, because of their numbers in a household, more liberated than French women who can't divorce? What is polygamy but another name for multiple mistresses? This new critical edition presents translations of four musical comedies staged or published in France in the late 1800s: Mormons in Paris (1874), Berthelier Meets the Mormons (1875), Japheth’s Twelve Wives (1890), and Stephana’s Jewel (1892). Each is accompanied by a short contextualizing introduction with details about the music, playwrights, and staging. Humorous and largely unknown, these plays use Mormonism to explore and mock changing French mentalities during the Third Republic, lampooning shifting attitudes and evolving laws about marriage, divorce, and gender roles. Published by Bucknell University Press. Distributed worldwide by Rutgers University Press.

General

Imprint:	Bucknell University Press,U.S.
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Scènes francophones: Studies in French and Francophone Theater
Release date:	October 2020
First published:	2021
Editors:	Corry Cropper • Christopher M. Flood
Translators:	Corry Cropper • Christopher M. Flood
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	428
ISBN-13:	978-1-68448-236-8
Categories:	Books
LSN:	1-68448-236-4
Barcode:	9781684482368

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