{"product_id":"postcolonial-realms-of-memory-sites-and-symbols-in-modern-france-9781802077346","title":"Postcolonial Realms of Memory: Sites and Symbols","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRecognized as one of the most influential studies of memory in the late twentieth century, Pierre Nora’s monumental project \u003ci\u003eLes Lieux de mémoire\u003c\/i\u003e has been celebrated for its elaboration of a ground-breaking paradigm for rethinking the relationship between the nation, territory, history and memory. It has also, however, been criticized for implying a narrow perception of national memory from which the legacy of colonialism was excluded. Driven by an increasingly critical postcolonial discourse on French historiography and fuelled by the will to acknowledge the relevance of the colonial in the making of modern and contemporary France, the present volume intends to address in a collective and sustained manner this critical gap by postcolonializing the French Republic’s \u003ci\u003elieux de mémoire\u003c\/i\u003e. The various chapters discern and explore an initial repertoire of realms and sites in France and the so-called \u003ci\u003eOutremer\u003c\/i\u003e that crystalize traces of colonial memory, while highlighting its inherent dialectical relationship with firmly instituted national memory. By making visible the invisible thread that links the colonial to various manifestations of French heritage, the objective is to bring to the fore the need to anchor the colonial in a collective memory that has often silenced it, and to foster new readings of the past as it is represented, remembered and inscribed in the nation’s collective imaginary.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReviews'Written by recognized experts across a rich inter-disciplinary field, this is a hugely impressive survey of the problematic of postcolonial memory in both mainland France and les Outre-mer.'\u003cbr\u003eAlec G Hargreaves, Florida State University\u003cbr\u003e'This is an important and informative volume which will be a very useful addition to Francophone postcolonial studies.'\u003cbr\u003eBill Marshall, University of Stirling\u003cbr\u003e‘An elegant yet accessible work, \u003cem\u003e Postcolonial Realms of Memory\u003c\/em\u003e not only exposes the colonial blind spot that left Pierre Nora’s \u003cem\u003e Lieux de mémoire\u003c\/em\u003e incomplete, but begins the long task of remedying it. This is a crucial intervention that the field has required for some time.’ \u003cbr\u003e Gemma King, \u003cem\u003e Contemporary French Civilization\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003ci\u003ePostcolonial Realms of Memory\u003c\/i\u003e is a rich, most welcome contribution to the debate. Three dozen short articles, preceded by a thoughtful introduction, present a series of fascinating reflections and additions to Pierra Nora’s [lieux-de-mémoire] project. [...] The editors have done a good job of selecting an intriguing set of lieux de mémoire and inviting imaginative authors to write about them.'Gert Oostindie, \u003ci\u003eBRILL\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIntroduction: Postcolonizing \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003elieux de mémoire\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInstitutions\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eArchives (Oana Panaïté)\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eL’École républicaine\u003c\/i\u003e (Leon Sachs)\u003cbr\u003eLa Sorbonne (Ruth Bush)\u003cbr\u003eThe Clamart Salon (T. Denean Sharpley-Whiting)\u003cbr\u003eLiterary Prestige (Claire Ducournau)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTerritory\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRegions\/Province (Kate Marsh)\u003cbr\u003eBorders (Michael Gott)\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBanlieues\u003c\/i\u003e (Hervé Tchumkam)\u003cbr\u003e17 October 1961(Michel Laronde)\u003cbr\u003eMarseille (Kathryn Kleppinger)\u003cbr\u003eThe Mediterranean (Kathryn Kleppinger)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMonuments\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFort de Joux (Cilas Kemedjio)\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLa Case créole\u003c\/i\u003e (Julia Waters)\u003cbr\u003eMemorials and Museums (Robert Aldrich)\u003cbr\u003eMemorials in the Caribbean (Anny Dominique Curtius)\u003cbr\u003eThe Memorial ACTe (Fabienne Viala)\u003cbr\u003eThe Abolition of Slavery (Sophia Khadraoui-Fortune)\u003cbr\u003eMusée National de l’Histoire de l’Immigration (Patrick Crowley)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDisplacement\/Mobility\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLe Bagne\u003c\/i\u003e (Charles Forsdick)\u003cbr\u003eRivesaltes (Susan Ireland)\u003cbr\u003eOuvéa (Pim Higginson)\u003cbr\u003eBUMIDOM (H. Adlai Murdoch)\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLes Sans-papiers\u003c\/i\u003e (Dominic Thomas)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBodies\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eColonial Exhibitions (Nicolas Bancel and Pascal Blanchard)\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLes Tirailleurs sénégalais\u003c\/i\u003e (David Murphy)\u003cbr\u003eColonial heroes (Berny Sèbe)\u003cbr\u003eJeanne Duval (Mireille Rosello)\u003cbr\u003eWomen’s Rights (Françoise Vergès)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWords and Images\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrench Language (Cécile Van den Avenne)\u003cbr\u003eAnti-Colonialism (David Murphy)Children’s Literature (Philip Dine)\u003cbr\u003ePost and the Postage Stamp (David Scott)\u003cbr\u003eColonial Photography (Xavier Guégan)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Everyday\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVine and Wine (Jacqueline Dutton)\u003cbr\u003eCouscous (Sylvie Durmelat)\u003cbr\u003eToys (Elizabeth Heath)\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBande dessinée\u003c\/i\u003e (Mark McKinney)\u003cbr\u003eSport (Philip Dine)","brand":"Liverpool University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50470080381271,"sku":"9781802077346","price":39.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781802077346.jpg?v=1744897369","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/postcolonial-realms-of-memory-sites-and-symbols-in-modern-france-9781802077346","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}