{"product_id":"zouave-theaters-transnational-military-fashion-and-performance-hardback-9780807181188","title":"Zouave Theaters; Transnational Military Fashion and Performance (Hardback) 9780807181188","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eZouave Theaters\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eTransnational Military Fashion and Performance\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eThomas J. Brown (Author), Carol E. Harrison (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780807181188\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 17 April 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e330 pages, 50 halftones\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.1 cm, 0.272 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eA rollicking account of military derring-do and theater with a sweeping global approach that sheds new light on war, colonialism, and popular culture in the nineteenth century. A triumph.\" - Robert Gildea, author of \u003cem\u003eEmpires of the Mind: The Colonial Past and the Politics of the Present\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A brilliant and riveting book that chronicles the history of Zouaves all over the world. The uniform makes the soldier, or in this case, the uniform provides a unique and fascinating way to understand and compare military culture and its role in different societies.\" - Ty Seidule, author of \u003cem\u003eRobert E. Lee and Me: A Southerner's Reckoning with the Myth of the Lost Cause\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In both France and the United States, Zouaves have been cultural Forrest Gumps, bopping up in all of the right places. Transnational history at its finest, \u003ci\u003eZouave Theaters\u003c\/i\u003e is a must-read for anyone interested in military history, fashion history, the history of theater, French history, or American history.\" - Stephen L. Harp, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Riviera, Exposed: An Ecohistory of Postwar Tourism and North African Labor\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This is the first scholarly, transnational examination of Zouaves, not just as militants but as a wider cultural phenomenon. Expansive in scope and engagingly written, \u003ci\u003eZouave Theaters\u003c\/i\u003e makes a tremendously valuable contribution to the fields of American and European cultural and military history.\" - Lesley J. Gordon, author of \u003cem\u003eA Broken Regiment: The 16th Connecticut's Civil War\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn this compelling new study, Carol E. Harrison and Thomas J. Brown chart the rise and fall of the Zouave military uniform, the nineteenth century's most important fashion fad for men and women on both sides of the Atlantic. Originating in French colonial Algeria, the uniform was characterized by an open, collarless jacket, baggy trousers, and a fez. As Harrison and Brown demonstrate, the Zouaves embraced ethnic, racial, and gender crossing, liberating themselves from the strictures of bourgeois society. Some served as soldiers in Papal Rome, the United States, the British West Indies, and Brazil, while others acted in theatrical performances that combined drag and drill. \u003ci\u003eZouave Theaters\u003c\/i\u003e analyzes the interaction of the stage and the military, and reveals that the Zouave persona influenced visual artists from painters and photographers to illustrators and filmmakers.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"LSU Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52695369253144,"sku":"9780807181188","price":34.58,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/zouave-theaters-transnational-military-fashion-and-performance-hardback-9780807181188","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}