Interpreting Social Violence in French Culture - Bouton, Cynthia A
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In January 1847, a grain convoy passed through Buzan?ais, an obscure village in a remote region of central France that was suffering from hunger, high prices, and widespread unemployment. Villagers intercepted the shipment, invaded granaries and mills, and forced resale of the grain at a just price set by the people. What started as a classic subsistence movement, however, triggered two days of rioting and class hostility punctuated by uncommon property damage and death. The Buzan?ais riot quicky became an evocative symbol of the rights of the people, and stories about the riot survived well…mehr

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In January 1847, a grain convoy passed through Buzan?ais, an obscure village in a remote region of central France that was suffering from hunger, high prices, and widespread unemployment. Villagers intercepted the shipment, invaded granaries and mills, and forced resale of the grain at a just price set by the people. What started as a classic subsistence movement, however, triggered two days of rioting and class hostility punctuated by uncommon property damage and death. The Buzan?ais riot quicky became an evocative symbol of the rights of the people, and stories about the riot survived well into the twenty-first century. In Interpreting Social Violence in French Culture, Cynthia A. Bouton traces how the production and marketing of the Buzan?ais riot story served political commentators, publishers, authors, illustrators, and local enthusiasts, enabling them to draw upon key points from the 1847 uprising to negotiate issues relevant to their own times.
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Cynthia A. Bouton is associate professor of history at Texas A&M University and the author of The Flour War: Gender, Class, and Community in Late Ancien Régime French Society.