Marianne Meets the Mormons, 9780252086762
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French eyes on Mormonism reflect and refract France’s own identity.

Marianne Meets the Mormons

Representations of Mormonism in Nineteenth-Century France

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    320 pages

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    24 October 2022

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Summary

In the nineteenth century, a fascination with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints made Mormons and Mormonism a common trope in French journalism, art, literature, politics, and popular culture. Heather Belnap, Corry Cropper, and Daryl Lee bring to light French representations of Mormonism from the 1830s to 1914, arguing that these portrayals often critiqued and parodied French society. Mormonism became a pretext for reconsidering issues such as gender, colonialism, the family, and…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780252086762
ISBN-10:0252086767
Author:Heather Belnap, Corry Cropper, Daryl Lee
Publisher:University of Illinois Press
Imprint:University of Illinois Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:320
Release Date:24 October 2022
Weight:513g
Dimensions:229mm x 152mm x 25mm
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Critics Review

“An interesting and convincing read.” –Association for Mormon Letters “Highly original, extremely interesting, and richly documented. The collection analyzed here is remarkable. A book that is superbly satisfying in terms of intellectual stimulation (because of its high erudition and in-depth analysis of how politics will impact cultural products), aesthetic curiosity, and humorous entertainment.”–Bernadette Rigal-Cellard, author of La Religion des Mormons “Belnap, Cropper, and Lee teach the reader much about French debates during the nineteenth century and how Mormonism highlighted those heated conversations. The authors deserve praise for writing such an interesting book about Mormonism outside of America.” –Journal of Mormon History

About The Author

Heather Belnap

Heather Belnap is an associate professor of art history and the European studies coordinator at Brigham Young University, and an editor of Femininity and Public Space in European Visual Culture, 1789–1914.

Corry Cropper is a professor of French and associate dean of the College of Humanities at Brigham Young University, and the author of Mormons in Paris: Polygamy on the French Stage 1874–1892.

Daryl Lee is a professor of French and chair of the Department of French and Italian at Brigham Young University, and the author of The Heist Film: Stealing with Style.

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