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French crime fiction and the Second World War

Past crimes, present memories

By: Claire Gorrara

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French crime fiction and the Second World War

Past crimes, present memories

By: Claire Gorrara

This study explores France’s preoccupation with memories of the Second World War through an examination of popular culture and one of its more enduring forms, crime fiction. It examines what such popular narratives have to tell us about past and present perceptions of the war years in France and how they relate to post-war debates over memory, culture and national identity. Starting with narratives of the Resistance in the late 1940s and concluding with contemporary crime fiction for younger readers, Gorrara examines popular memories of the Second World War in dialogue with the changing social, cultural and political contexts of remembrance in post-war France. From memories of the persecution of Jews and French collaboration to the legacies of the concentration camps and the figure of the survivor-witness, all the crime novels discussed grapple with the challenges of what it means to live in the shadow of such a past for generations past, present and future.

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Manchester University Press

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1526130181

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The Roman Noir in Post-war French Culture

Dark Fictions

By: Claire Gorrara

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The Roman Noir in Post-war French Culture

Dark Fictions

By: Claire Gorrara

All the novelists studied were published initially in popular collections, such as the Serie noire, but they have been chosen for the innovation of their work and the exciting ways in which they resist tired conventions and offer new ways of representing social reality." "One of the first English-language studies of this popular genre, The Roman Noir in Post-War French Culture offers much more than close readings of these fascinating texts; it demonstrates the important contribution of the roman noir to the cultural histories of post-war France."--Jacket.

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Oxford Studies in Modern European Culture

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Women’s Representations of the Occupation in Post-’68 France

By: Claire Gorrara

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Women’s Representations of the Occupation in Post-’68 France

By: Claire Gorrara

This study examines French women's writing and representations of the Occupation in post-'68 France. The author looks at the work of 'The Women Resisters', those women who were adult resisters during the war, and 'The Daughters of the Occupation', those who were born during or after the war period. The main contention of the study is that the older generation's nascent awareness of how gender informs political activism is reworked into explicitly feminist representations of wartime France by younger women writers.

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French crime fiction and the Second World War

Past crimes, present memories

By: Claire Gorrara

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Past crimes, present memories

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Women’s Representations of the Occupation in Post-’68 France

By: Claire Gorrara

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The Roman Noir in Post-war French Culture

Dark Fictions

By: Claire Gorrara

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French crime fiction and the Second World War

French crime fiction and the Second World War

The Roman Noir in Post-war French Culture

The Roman Noir in Post-war French Culture

Women’s Representations of the Occupation in Post-’68 France

Women’s Representations of the Occupation in Post-’68 France

French crime fiction and the Second World War

French crime fiction and the Second World War

Women’s Representations of the Occupation in Post-’68 France

Women’s Representations of the Occupation in Post-’68 France

The Roman Noir in Post-war French Culture

The Roman Noir in Post-war French Culture

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