Jo Mccormack

Collective Memory (eBook, ePUB)

France and the Algerian War (1954-62)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Collective Memory examines the difficult transmission of memory in France of the Algerian war of independence (1954-62). Emphasizing the current lack of transmission of memories of this war through a detailed case study of three crucial vectors of memory: the teaching of school history, coverage in the media, and discussion in the family, author McCormack argues that lack of transmission of memories is feeding into contemporary racism and exclusion in France. Collective Memory draws extensively on interviews with historians, teachers, and pupils as well as secondary sources and media analysis. McCormack proposes that a greater "work of memory" needs to be undertaken if France is to overcome the division in French society that stems from the war. There has been little reconciliation of divisive group memories, a situation that leaves many individuals without a voice on this important subject. "Memory battles" dominate discussion of the topic as many issues periodically flare up and cannot yet be overcome.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 236
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. August 2007
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780739153161
• Artikelnr.: 38226417

Autorenporträt

Jo McCormack, PhD, is lecturer in French at the Institute for International Studies, University of Technology, Sydney.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Introduction: The Algerian War: Between Memory and History
Chapter 2 Chapter One: Critical Literature and Recent Developments Chapter
3 Chapter Two: Pedagogy: Imagining the French Nation Chapter 4 Chapter
Three: The Family: Discussing the War Years, Personal and Family Stories
Chapter 5 Chapter Four: The Media: Reporting the War Forty Years On Chapter
6 Conclusion: Teaching, Reporting, and Discussing the Algerian War in
Contemporary France