Objects of Liberty explores the prevalence of souvenirs in six British women's travel accounts of the French Revolution and Napoleonic era. Using a methodology informed by literary, gender, and material culture studies, it argues that women writers employed the souvenir to circulate political ideas and contribute to conversations about individual and national identity.
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Objects of Liberty explores the prevalence of souvenirs in six British women's travel accounts of the French Revolution and Napoleonic era. Using a methodology informed by literary, gender, and material culture studies, it argues that women writers employed the souvenir to circulate political ideas and contribute to conversations about individual and national identity.
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