Le Voile du bonheur: Le brûle-parfum, objet de sociabilité à la fin du XIXe siècle en France

Elizabeth Emery

doi:10.3917/litt.185.0081

Le Voile du bonheur: Le brûle-parfum, objet de sociabilité à la fin du XIX^e siècle en France

Translated title of the contribution: Le Voile du bonheur: The incense burner as an object of sociability at the end of the XIXth century in France

Elizabeth Emery

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The burning of incense plays a central role in Le Voile du bonheur (1901), a "Chinese inspired" play by French politician Georges Clemenceau. This essay examines the ways in which Clemenceau, an expert in the cultural use of fragrance in Asia, played with literary stereotypes related to perfume in order to propose alternate models of sociability for a French nation wracked by political and religious turmoil.

Translated title of the contribution	Le Voile du bonheur: The incense burner as an object of sociability at the end of the XIXth century in France
Original language	French
Pages (from-to)	81-96
Number of pages	16
Journal	Litterature
Volume	185
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3917/litt.185.0081
State	Published - Mar 2017

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