Postcolonial Realms of Memory - Sites and Symbols in Modern France

Addressing the remarkable absence of colonial legacy from Pierre Nora's Les Lieux de memoire, the present volume fosters a new reading of the French past by discerning and exploring an initial repertoire of realms that bridges the gap between traditionally instituted French memory and traces of the colonial on the Republic's soil, including its Outremer.

Summary

Addressing the remarkable absence of colonial legacy from Pierre Nora’s Les Lieux de mémoire, the present volume fosters a new reading of the French past by discerning and exploring an initial repertoire of realms that bridges the gap between traditionally instituted French memory and traces of the colonial on the Republic’s soil, including its Outremer.

Product details

• Authors: Etienne Forsdick Achille
• Assisted by: Etienne Achille (Editor), Charles Forsdick (Editor), Charles (School of Cultures Languages & Area Studies Forsdick (Editor), Lydie (Department of French and Italian Moudileno (Editor)
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2022
• EAN: 9781802077346
• ISBN: 978-1-80207-734-6
• No. of pages: 440
• Series: Contemporary French and Francophone Cultures
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general)