Representing a Disreputable House
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Representing a Disreputable House. / Langen, Ulrik.
Micro-geographies of the Western City, c. 1750-1900. ed. / Alida Clemente; Dag Linstrom; Jon Stobart. Routledge, 2021. p. 72-84.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
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TY - CHAP
T1 - Representing a Disreputable House
AU - Langen, Ulrik
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - This chapter focuses on a particular house in Copenhagen, that belonging to the Cabinet Minister Johann Friedrich Struensee, and offers a detailed reading of the events surround its destruction by rioters in 1772. During the night of 17 January 1772 a riot took place in Copenhagen following the imprisonment of Cabinet Minster Johann Friedrich Struensee. The popular celebration of his downfall in the streets of Copenhagen turned into a riot during which more than 70 ‘disreputable houses’ around the city were attacked by the crowd. The houses were demolished. The violent event was called ‘The Great Clean-Up Party’ by the sympathizers of the mayhem – implying that the Copenhageners were cleaning up after the immoral regime of Struensee. The chapter explores the representations of The Great Clean-Up Party as rendered in the Press Freedom Writings to highlight how one particular man and his house were exposed to public contempt.
AB - This chapter focuses on a particular house in Copenhagen, that belonging to the Cabinet Minister Johann Friedrich Struensee, and offers a detailed reading of the events surround its destruction by rioters in 1772. During the night of 17 January 1772 a riot took place in Copenhagen following the imprisonment of Cabinet Minster Johann Friedrich Struensee. The popular celebration of his downfall in the streets of Copenhagen turned into a riot during which more than 70 ‘disreputable houses’ around the city were attacked by the crowd. The houses were demolished. The violent event was called ‘The Great Clean-Up Party’ by the sympathizers of the mayhem – implying that the Copenhageners were cleaning up after the immoral regime of Struensee. The chapter explores the representations of The Great Clean-Up Party as rendered in the Press Freedom Writings to highlight how one particular man and his house were exposed to public contempt.
U2 - 10.4324/9780429329395-6
DO - 10.4324/9780429329395-6
M3 - Bidrag til bog/antologi
SP - 72
EP - 84
BT - Micro-geographies of the Western City, c. 1750-1900
A2 - Clemente, Alida
A2 - Linstrom, Dag
A2 - Stobart, Jon
PB - Routledge
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