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“Rumour and Community: Solidarity and Conflict in the Sans-Culotte Neighbourhoods of Year II”, argues that rumours can serve as a means for neighbourhoods to share and express common anxieties, and in so doing, strengthen bonds, show solidarity and establish a common sense of identity. Many rumour narratives during this time rely on a threatening “other”, or on the notion of a scapegoat; such tropes allow communities to rally against this perceived enemy and draw closer together. The ways in which such rumours are informed and reinforced by the ideology of the Terror, erode trust and contribute to the eventual destruction of community solidarity concludes this chapter.
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Porter, L. (2017). Rumour and Community: Solidarity and Conflict in the Sans-Culotte Neighbourhoods of Year II. In: Popular Rumour in Revolutionary Paris, 1792-1794. War, Culture and Society, 1750-1850. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56967-3_5
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