The Liberation of France Image and Event [Hardcover]

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.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-Libert? in Lyon - S. Kitson, The Parisian in the Liberation of Paris - J. Proud, Plus ?a 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 D?put?s: 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 Journ?es 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 Inescl³/