Due to its potent mix of triumph and controversy, the Liberation of
France from Nazi Occupation continues to reverberate in the
post-war politics and culture of France. Presenting new research by
leading specialists in the fields of history, literature and film
studies, this stimulating volume is the very best in
interdisciplinary scholarship and will define the subject for years
to come. It situates the Liberation in the broadest possible
context of image and event and incorporates subtle layers of
ambiguity. Gender issues are given prominence and the challenging
task of examining the ideas and reality of liberation for French
people lends the book its originality and purpose.
'It brings together writings by historians and specialists in literature and civilisation in an interdisciplinary encounter that should happen more often - for history, as this book once again demonstrates, is enriched by such encounters.'THES August 9th, 1996'[This book] is exciting, thought-provoking, imaginatively conceived and skilfully edited.'Robert Gildea, Merton College, Oxford' ... outstanding commemorative volume.'Journal of European Studies'...some important articles which explore new avenues of research...'Martin Conway, Balliol College, University of Oxford'This is an imaginatively conceived compilation which ranges across a much wide geopgraphical and chronological span than its title might initially suggest.'History'This book ... should appear on the undergraduate booklists for a wide range of academic disciplines. Film, literature or gender studies as well as history and politics are well represented here. ... undoubtedly provide(s) a series of new per
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Contents: H.R. Kedward, Introduction 'Ici commence la France libre...' Part I: Resistance Narratives M. O'Shaughnessy, La Bataille du Rail: Unconventional Form, Conventional Image? J.C. Simmonds, Immigrant Fighters for the Liberation of France: Carmagnole Liberte in Lyon S. Kitson, The Parisian in the Liberation of Paris J. Proud, Plus ca change ...?: Propaganda Fiction for Children Part II: Gender K. Adler, No Words to Say It?: Women's Expectation of Liberation H. Diamond, Women's Aspirations 1943 47: Women, Cinema and [the] Liberation C. Tarr, 'Now You Don't': Women, Cinema and (the) Liberation M. Kelly, The Reconstruction of Masculinity at the Liberation H. Footitt, The First Women Deputes: Les 33 Glorieuses? C. Gorrara, Reviewing Gender and the Resistance: The Case of Lucie Aubrac C. Laurens, La Femme au Turban: Les Femmes Tondues Part III: Epuration M. Cornick, From Resister to Knight of the Round Table: Jean Paulhan and the Liberation N. Atkin, France's Little Nuremberg: The Trial of Otto Abetz N. Ingram, Pacifism and the Liberation Part IV: Outre Mer R. Burton, Nos Journees de Juin: The Liberation of Martinique T. Chafer, The Liberation in Afrique Occidentale M. Evans, Algeria and the Liberation: Hope and Betrayal P. Dine, The Inescapable Allusion: The Occupation and the Resistance in French Film and Fiction of the Algerian War Part V: The Contested and Ambiguous Image N. Hewitt, The Literature of the Right and the Liberation: The Case of the 'Hussards' J. Sturdee, Through Children's Eyes: Caen Occupation and Liberation N. Wood, Memory by Analogy: Hiroshima Mon Amour W. Kidd, Liberation in Novels of May '68: The Intertextual Image J. Flower, Reflections on Life, Death and History: Jeanne Champion's Le Bunker G. Vincendeau, Uranus: The History of Mediocrity
