Sima Godfrey
Biographic Data
| ID | 3681622 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sima Godfrey |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sima |
| FAMILY NAME | Godfrey |
| SIGNATURE | GODFREY S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of British Columbia |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1980 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
La Guerre de Crimée n’aura pas lieu
The Crimean War (1854–6) was, in the words of Eric Hobsbawn (2010), ‘the nearest thing to a general European war between 1815 and 1914’. Whereas it figures large in the national mythologies of Britain and Russia, in France it remains very much a footnote. This is despite the fact that it is the only nineteenth-century war the French ultimately won. But in the view of many, to quote Jules Michelet (1857), ‘La conquête du lama est dix fois plus imp…
The Nation-State in Question
The Shifting Foundations of Modern Nation-States: Realignments of Belonging
Just as the plurality of nations implies diverse voices and distinct narratives, the authors, coming from different disciplines and backgrounds, represent multiple discourses on the theme of nationhood.
Alain Corbin: Making Sense of French History
Book Review| April 01 2002 Alain Corbin: Making Sense of French History Sima Godfrey Sima Godfrey Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google French Historical Studies (2002) 25 (2): 381–398. https://doi.org/10.1215/00161071-25-2-381 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search Site Citation Sima Godfrey; Alain Corbin: Making Sense of French History. French Historical Studies 1 April 2002; 25 (2): 381–398. doi: https:…
Rien que ton costume, on te met à la porte: The Importance of Being Fashionable in 19th century French Literature
There is a keen awareness in 19th century French literature that fashion can open many doors. In a society freed from the sumptuary laws that, in principle, had governed public appearance since the 16th century, unconditional access to all modes of dress allowed 19th century authors and their fictive counterparts to aspire towards social spheres whose doors a few decades before might have been locked. Deslauriers' advice to Frederic Moreau at the…
Remembering in Vain: The Klaus Barbie Trial and Crimes against Humanity
In 1988, in what was probably one of the last trials of a Nazi war criminal and the first of such trials to take place in France, Klaus Barbie, the notorious Butcher of Lyon, was found guilty of crimes against humanity and sentenced to life in prison. Yet despite the memories stirred, despite the verdict, to Alain Finkielkraut the trial was a moral failure. In Remembering in Vain, Finkielkraut maintains that the Barbie trial attests to the failur…
Figures of Ill Repute: Representing Prostitution in Nineteenth-Century France
Ubiquitous in the streets and brothels of nineteenth-century Paris, the prostitute was even more present in the novels and paintings of the time. Charles Bernheimer discusses how these representations of the sexually available woman express male ambivalence about desire, money, class, and the body. Interweaving close textual analysis with historical anecdote and theoretical speculation, Bernheimer demonstrates how the formal properties of art can…
The Anxiety of Anticipation: Ulterior Motives in French Poetry
The Dandy as Ironic Figure
Q. Give the particulars of this invention. A. When Brummell fell into disgrace, he devised the starched neckcloth with the design of putting the Prince's neck out of fashion, and of bringing his Royal Highness' muslin, his bow, and wadding into contempt. When he first appeared in this stiffened cravat, tradition says that the sensation in St. James's Street was prodigious; dandies were struck dumb with envy, and washerwomen miscarried. No one cou…
The Fabrication of Salammbo: The Surface of the Veil
It is both striking and curious that of the many critics and readers who have tried to identify the peculiar structure and difficult texture of Flaubert's Salammbo, none has considered the fabric of textile imagery so prevalent throughout the novel. Curious for the fact that the major action of this novel centres about the theft (vol) and rape (viol) of a veil (voile) and its retrieval. All the more curious for the fact that ancient Carthage, as …
Alain Corbin: Making Sense of French History
Book Review| April 01 2002 Alain Corbin: Making Sense of French History Sima Godfrey Sima Godfrey Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google French Historical Studies (2002) 25 (2): 381–398. https://doi.org/10.1215/00161071-25-2-381 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search Site Citation Sima Godfrey; Alain Corbin: Making Sense of French History. French Historical Studies 1 April 2002; 25 (2): 381–398. doi: https:…
The Dandy as Ironic Figure
Q. Give the particulars of this invention. A. When Brummell fell into disgrace, he devised the starched neckcloth with the design of putting the Prince's neck out of fashion, and of bringing his Royal Highness' muslin, his bow, and wadding into contempt. When he first appeared in this stiffened cravat, tradition says that the sensation in St. James's Street was prodigious; dandies were struck dumb with envy, and washerwomen miscarried. No one cou…
The Fabrication of Salammbo: The Surface of the Veil
It is both striking and curious that of the many critics and readers who have tried to identify the peculiar structure and difficult texture of Flaubert's Salammbo, none has considered the fabric of textile imagery so prevalent throughout the novel. Curious for the fact that the major action of this novel centres about the theft (vol) and rape (viol) of a veil (voile) and its retrieval. All the more curious for the fact that ancient Carthage, as …
The Dandy as Ironic Figure
Q. Give the particulars of this invention. A. When Brummell fell into disgrace, he devised the starched neckcloth with the design of putting the Prince's neck out of fashion, and of bringing his Royal Highness' muslin, his bow, and wadding into contempt. When he first appeared in this stiffened cravat, tradition says that the sensation in St. James's Street was prodigious; dandies were struck dumb with envy, and washerwomen miscarried. No one cou…
The Anxiety of Anticipation: Ulterior Motives in French Poetry
Figures of Ill Repute: Representing Prostitution in Nineteenth-Century France
Ubiquitous in the streets and brothels of nineteenth-century Paris, the prostitute was even more present in the novels and paintings of the time. Charles Bernheimer discusses how these representations of the sexually available woman express male ambivalence about desire, money, class, and the body. Interweaving close textual analysis with historical anecdote and theoretical speculation, Bernheimer demonstrates how the formal properties of art can…
Rien que ton costume, on te met à la porte: The Importance of Being Fashionable in 19th century French Literature
There is a keen awareness in 19th century French literature that fashion can open many doors. In a society freed from the sumptuary laws that, in principle, had governed public appearance since the 16th century, unconditional access to all modes of dress allowed 19th century authors and their fictive counterparts to aspire towards social spheres whose doors a few decades before might have been locked. Deslauriers' advice to Frederic Moreau at the…
Remembering in Vain: The Klaus Barbie Trial and Crimes against Humanity
In 1988, in what was probably one of the last trials of a Nazi war criminal and the first of such trials to take place in France, Klaus Barbie, the notorious Butcher of Lyon, was found guilty of crimes against humanity and sentenced to life in prison. Yet despite the memories stirred, despite the verdict, to Alain Finkielkraut the trial was a moral failure. In Remembering in Vain, Finkielkraut maintains that the Barbie trial attests to the failur…
Alain Corbin: Making Sense of French History
Book Review| April 01 2002 Alain Corbin: Making Sense of French History Sima Godfrey Sima Godfrey Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google French Historical Studies (2002) 25 (2): 381–398. https://doi.org/10.1215/00161071-25-2-381 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search Site Citation Sima Godfrey; Alain Corbin: Making Sense of French History. French Historical Studies 1 April 2002; 25 (2): 381–398. doi: https:…
The Shifting Foundations of Modern Nation-States: Realignments of Belonging
Just as the plurality of nations implies diverse voices and distinct narratives, the authors, coming from different disciplines and backgrounds, represent multiple discourses on the theme of nationhood.
The Nation-State in Question
La Guerre de Crimée n’aura pas lieu
The Crimean War (1854–6) was, in the words of Eric Hobsbawn (2010), ‘the nearest thing to a general European war between 1815 and 1914’. Whereas it figures large in the national mythologies of Britain and Russia, in France it remains very much a footnote. This is despite the fact that it is the only nineteenth-century war the French ultimately won. But in the view of many, to quote Jules Michelet (1857), ‘La conquête du lama est dix fois plus imp…
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