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Cultural History: Between Practices and Representations

Chartier examines various approaches to the history of cultural forms, including the work of the Annales tradition, the contributions of Foucault and Elias, and the more recent writings of Robert Darnton, Carlo Ginzburg and others. The second part of the volume offers a series of case studies. Chartier explores, among other things, the cultural significance of symbolic role reversals, the representations of peasant reading practices in the Age of Enlightenment, and the role of intellectuals in the universities and labour markets of early modern Europe. Through these case studies Chartier elaborates the elements of a highly original approach to the history of cultural forms.

209 pages, Hardcover

First published September 9, 1988

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Roger Chartier

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Roger Chartier is a French historian and historiographer who is part of the Annales school. He works on the history of books, publishing and reading. He teaches at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris, the Collège de France, and the University of Pennsylvania.

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June 24, 2024
Um livro que já leio (tento) a uns 2 anos, peguei novamente para ler este ano, mas para mim ele funciona como uma peça central dentre vários artigos. Cada capítulo precisa ser analisado e relido com calma ( as vezes cada parágrafo). O que me auxiliou de fato foram vários e vários artigos de comentadores. A escrita por sua vez é confusa e prolixa (mas isso já é esperado). O que dificulta é a necessidade de se estar inserido nos contextos discutidos.
Artigos posteriores do próprio Chartier auxiliam imensamente a compreensão da obra.
No fim, consegui extrair o necessário para a metodologia da minha pesquisa. Mas dizer que adquiri uma compreensão plena do conceito e da desta obra é uma mentira.
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