Editing Joséphine de Beauharnais (section)

==In popular culture==

===Statue===
In 1859, French Emperor [[Napoleon III]] commissioned a statue of Joséphine, which was installed in the [[La Savane]] park in downtown [[Fort-de-France]]. In 1991, the statue was symbolically decapitated and spattered with red paint. The acts of vandalism were done on the belief that Joséphine had influenced her husband to issue the [[Law of 20 May 1802]], which reinstated slavery in the [[French colonial empire]] (including Martinique).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.uncommoncaribbean.com/martinique/uncommon-attraction-beheaded-statue-of-empress-josephine/|title= Beheaded Statue of Empress Josephine: Uncommon Attraction|first=Steve|last=Bennett|date=4 October 2012|website=Uncommon Caribbean}}</ref> The statue was never repaired by the city administration, and every year more red paint was added to it.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-headless-empress|title=The Headless Empress|website=Atlas Obscura }}</ref> In July 2020, the statue was torn down and destroyed by rioters in the wake of the [[George Floyd protests]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Anti-Racism Activists Destroy Statue Of Napoleon's First Wife Josephine In Martinique |url=https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/anti-racism-activists-destroy-statue-of-napoleons-first-wife-josephine-in-martinique-2269588 |publisher=NDTV |access-date=5 August 2020}}</ref>

===Fiction books===
* {{cite book |first= Sir Arthur |last= Conan Doyle | author-link= Arthur Conan Doyle |title= Uncle Bernac |year= 1897}}
* {{cite book |first= Bertram |last= Fields |author-link= Bertram Fields |title= Destiny: A Novel Of Napoleon & Josephine |year= 2015}}
* {{cite book |first= Sandra |last= Gulland |author-link= Sandra Gulland |title= The Many Lives & Secret Sorrows of Josephine B. |year= 1995}}
* {{cite book |first= Sandra |last= Gulland |title= Tales of Passion, Tales of Woe |year= 1998 |author-mask=———}}
* {{cite book |first= Sandra |last= Gulland |title= The Last Great Dance on Earth |year= 2000 |author-mask=———}}
* {{cite book |first= F. W. |last= Kenyon | author-link= F. W. Kenyon |title= The Emperor's Lady |year= 1952}}
* {{cite book |first= Frances |last= Mossiker |author-link= Frances Mossiker |title= Napoleon and Josephine |year= 1965}}
* {{cite book |first= Frances |last= Mossiker |title= More Than a Queen: The Story of Josephine Bonaparte |year=1971 |author-mask=———}}
* {{cite book |first= Allison |last= Pataki |author-link= Allison Pataki |title= The Queen's Fortune: Desiree, Napoleon, and the Dynasty That Outlasted the Empire |year= 2020}}
* {{cite book |first= Annemarie |last=Selinko |author-link= Annemarie Selinko |title= Désirée |year= 1958}}
* {{cite book |first= Heather |last= Webb |author-link= Heather Webb |title= Becoming Josephine |year= 2013}}
* {{cite book |first= Jeanette |last= Winterson |author-link= Jeanette Winterson |title= The Passion. |year= 1987}}
* Parkyn, Stephanie (2019). ''[https://www.allenandunwin.com/browse/books/fiction/popular-fiction/Josephines-Garden-Stephanie-Parkyn-9781760529833 Josephine's Garden]''

=== Television ===
*''[[Napoléon and Josephine: A Love Story (miniseries)|Napoléon and Josephine: A Love Story]]'' (1987) is a miniseries with Napoleon portrayed by [[Armand Assante]] and Joséphine by [[Jacqueline Bisset]].
*''[[Napoléon (miniseries)|Napoléon]]''  (2002) is a historical TV miniseries of Napoleon's life, in which Joséphine features prominently, portrayed by [[Isabella Rossellini]].
* In 2015 and 2017, an episode of ''[[Horrible Histories (2015 TV series)|Horrible Histories]]'' called "Naughty Napoleon" and "Ridiculous Romantics" featured [[Natalie Walter]] and [[Gemma Whelan]], portraying Joséphine de Beauharnais.

===Film===
In [[Ridley Scott]]'s 2023 film ''[[Napoleon (2023 film)|Napoleon]]'', Joséphine is portrayed by English actress [[Vanessa Kirby]].

===Music===
* The [[operetta]] ''[[Kaiserin Josephine]]'', music by [[Emmerich Kálmán]], which was premiered in [[Zürich]] on 18 January 1936.<ref>{{Cite Grove|last=Lamb |first=Andrew |title=Kálmán, Emmerich}}</ref>
* The love song 'Josephine' from [[The Magnetic Fields]]' 1991 album ''[[Distant Plastic Trees]]'': "If I were Napoleon, you could be my Josephine&nbsp;..."
* The song 'Josephine' from [[Frank Turner]]'s 2015 album ''[[Positive Songs for Negative People]]'' references Joséphine — as well as [[Josephine Brunsvik]] — to portray Turner's wish that he has his own muse to influence him.
* The song ‘Impressed’ from [[Charlie Sexton]]’s 1985 album ''[[Pictures for Pleasure]]'' references Napoleon and Josephine in the opening lines.
* The song 'Josephine' from [[Tori Amos]]' 1999 partially live album ''[[To Venus and Back]]'' references the pop-culture expression, supposedly spoken by Napoleon: "Not tonight, Joséphine" and his military career.
* The song 'Paint me, Redouté' from [[June Tabor]]'s 2001 album [[Rosa Mundi (album)|''Rosa Mundi'']], in which Josephine narrates her life to Redouté, and talks of her love of roses.

===Fashion===
* [[John Galliano]] said that his inspiration was dressing the pregnant rock star Madonna&nbsp;— and then thinking "Empress Josephine."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/07/08/style/08iht-fash.t_2.html|title=Galliano's Empire Line Shines for Givenchy|last=Menkes|first=Suzy|date=8 July 1996|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=8 September 2016}}</ref>