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France's lost empires : fragmentation, nostalgia, and la fracture coloniale /

This collection of essays investigates the fundamental role that the loss of colonial territories at the end of the Ancient Regime and post-World War II has played in shaping French memories and colonial discourses. In identifying loss and nostalgia as key tropes in cultural representations, these e...

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Other Authors: Marsh, Kate, 1974-, Frith, Nicola, 1974-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, ©2011.
Series:After the empire.
Subjects:
Imperialism > Social aspects > France.
Decolonization > Social aspects > France.
Postcolonialism > Social aspects > France.
Collective memory > France.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Colonialism & Post-Colonialism.
Collective memory.
Decolonization > Social aspects.
French colonies.
Imperialism > Social aspects.
Postcolonialism > Social aspects.
Gesellschaft
Kollektives Gedächtnis
Kolonie
Postkolonialismus
France > Colonies > History.
France.
Frankreich
Electronic books.
History.
Online Access:Ebook Central Academic Complete
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Summary:This collection of essays investigates the fundamental role that the loss of colonial territories at the end of the Ancient Regime and post-World War II has played in shaping French memories and colonial discourses. In identifying loss and nostalgia as key tropes in cultural representations, these essays call for a re-evaluation of French colonialism as a discourse informed not just by narratives of conquest, but equally by its histories of defeat.
Physical Description:1 online resource (vi, 175 pages).
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781461633501
1461633508
9781283851220
1283851229

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