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Jennifer Terni
Assistant Professor of French
 Education
Ph.D. Duke University Romance Studies (French) 2002
M.A. Duke University Romance Studies (French) 1997
M.A. Université Laval (History) 1995
Areas of Expertise
19th century French literature and history, social theory, urban & visual culture, popular forms of commercial culture including theater.
Contact Information
Office/Hours:
Phone: (860) 486-3313
E-mail: jennifer.terni@uconn.edu
Website
Bio:
My current book project Elements of Mass Society: Paris 1830-1851 argues for a re-conceptualization of mass culture that takes fashion, consumption, and virtuality as its dominant terms. To illustrate their impact, the project explores the connections between theater and a new media system; the rise of networks and their impact on experience; the ties between identity-creation and social exchange; the emergence of new cultural geographies of consumption; and the social and representational dynamics of early pop-culture fads. I am developing a second project on nineteenth-century vaudeville, considered as the prototype of the modern sitcom.
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