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La gran matanza de gatos y otros episodios en la historia de la cultura francesa by Robert Darnton
pbobrit's review against another edition
4.0
The second full length book for class. Haven't enjoyed a non-fiction history book since 'A People's History of the United States'. A great primer in thinking and identity in at time of the Enlightenment in France. Packed with thought provoking content yet eminently readable. I would highly recommend.
ndz's review against another edition
Si un libro tiene un capítulo sobre una gran matanza de gatos es inevitable que el editor quiera usar como título "La gran matanza de gatos". Con todo, los mejores capítulos son el dedicado a los cuentos populares franceses (donde Darnton le pone una arrastrada a las interpretaciones psicologizantes) y el del policía frenólogo parisino que investigaba a Voltaire, Diderot y demás autores de la época.
theinquisitxor's review against another edition
No rating because I only read the 3 chapters I was interested in, but they were quite intriguing and very interesting.
_inge's review against another edition
informative
3.0
I didn’t realise this was an essay collection, I had expected it to lead up to the story of the cat massacre and fully dissect that. Now it felt more like a collection of stories about 18th century French publishing, and the way it impacted people from all sorts of ranks. I thought the cat massacre story and the story of fairytales/folklore was very interesting, but I couldn’t really care about the other essays. Still, acknowledging what this book has done for history made me really glad to have read it.
rosa44's review
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
Me gusta la idea de abordar la historia desde un enfoque de la mentalidad popular. Se analizan los cuentos orales tradicionales, una matanza de gatos, la ciudad de Montpellier, la identificación y vida e los intelectuales, el conocimiento y la preponderamcia de la ciencia y la filosofía, y la relación del autor Rousseau y sus lectores. Se invierte el análisis clásico de recurrir a las fuentes intelectuales de la élite. Darnton recurre al análisis de los cuentos, testimonios, cartas e informes de la gente común para dilucidar la mentalidad de la época y entender algunos hechos históricos.
theinquisitxor's review against another edition
No rating because I only read the 3 chapters I was interested in, but they were quite intriguing and very interesting.
becquebooks's review against another edition
3.0
One of my professors recommend this to me, he said it was an amazing book. It's more a 2.5/3 for me. I guess I just didn't find any of the information that interesting or particularly revelatory. Definitely not my favorite or most recommended cultural studies book.