Body and Tradition in Nineteenth-Century France: Felix Arnaudin and the Moorlands of Gascony, 1870-1914

ISBN-13: 9780198847502 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 208 str.

William G. Pooley

Recenzje

In this concise book, Pooley gets straight to the point: he convincingly demonstrates the importance for historians to consider folklore collections as a major source to document nineteenth-century rural societies.

O autorze

William G. Pooley is a historian of France in the long nineteenth century, interested in popular and folk cultures. He has published work on family history, supernatural beliefs, and the history of the body, drawing on the ethnographic collections of pioneering folklorists such as Jean-François Bladé and Félix Arnaudin. His current research explores criminal trials involving accusations of witchcraft in France (1790-1940). He has an interest in 'creative histories' and has collaborated with storytellers, playwrights, and poets to explore questions of what creative approaches bring to historical research. His work has been supported by grants and fellowships from the British Academy, the Society for the Study of French History, the Institute for Historical Research, the Past & Present Society, and the Folklore Society.