
Postcolonial Realms of Memory
Sites and Symbols in Modern France
Liverpool University Press
Published on 31. January 2020
Book
Hardback
440 pages
978-1-78962-066-5 (ISBN)
Description
Recognized as one of the most influential studies of memory in the late twentieth century, Pierre Nora's monumental project Les Lieux de memoire 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 lieux de memoire. The various chapters discern and explore an initial repertoire of realms and sites in France and the so-called Outremer 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.
Reviews / Votes
Reviews'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.'Alec G Hargreaves, Florida State University 'This is an important and informative volume which will be a very useful addition to Francophone postcolonial studies.'
Bill Marshall, University of Stirling 'An elegant yet accessible work, Postcolonial Realms of Memory not only exposes the colonial blind spot that left Pierre Nora's Lieux de memoire incomplete, but begins the long task of remedying it. This is a crucial intervention that the field has required for some time.'
Gemma King, Contemporary French Civilization 'Postcolonial Realms of Memory 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-memoire] project. [...] The editors have done a good job of selecting an intriguing set of lieux de memoire and inviting imaginative authors to write about them.'Gert Oostindie, BRILL
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Language
English
Place of publication
Liverpool
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 239 mm
Width: 163 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-78962-066-5 (9781789620665)
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Persons
Etienne Achille is an Assistant Professor of French and Francophone Studies at Villanova University. Charles Forsdick is Drapers Professor of French at the University of Cambridge. Lydie Moudileno is Marion Frances Chevalier Professor of French and Professor of French and American Studies and Ethnicity at the University of Southern California.
Editor
Department of French and Italian, University of Southern California (United States)
Content
Introduction: Postcolonizing lieux de memoire
Institutions
Archives (Oana Panaite)
L'Ecole republicaine (Leon Sachs)
La Sorbonne (Ruth Bush)
The Clamart Salon (T. Denean Sharpley-Whiting)
Literary Prestige (Claire Ducournau)
Territory
Regions/Province (Kate Marsh)
Borders (Michael Gott)
Banlieues (Herve Tchumkam)
17 October 1961(Michel Laronde)
Marseille (Kathryn Kleppinger)
The Mediterranean (Kathryn Kleppinger)
Monuments
Fort de Joux (Cilas Kemedjio)
La Case creole (Julia Waters)
Memorials and Museums (Robert Aldrich)
Memorials in the Caribbean (Anny Dominique Curtius)
The Memorial ACTe (Fabienne Viala)
The Abolition of Slavery (Sophia Khadraoui-Fortune)
Musee National de l'Histoire de l'Immigration (Patrick Crowley)
Displacement/Mobility
Le Bagne (Charles Forsdick)
Rivesaltes (Susan Ireland)
Ouvea (Pim Higginson)
BUMIDOM (H. Adlai Murdoch)
Les Sans-papiers (Dominic Thomas)
Bodies
Colonial Exhibitions (Nicolas Bancel and Pascal Blanchard)
Les Tirailleurs senegalais (David Murphy)
Colonial heroes (Berny Sebe)
Jeanne Duval (Mireille Rosello)
Women's Rights (Francoise Verges)
Words and Images
French Language (Cecile Van den Avenne)
Anti-Colonialism (David Murphy)Children's Literature (Philip Dine)
Post and the Postage Stamp (David Scott)
Colonial Photography (Xavier Guegan)
The Everyday
Vine and Wine (Jacqueline Dutton)
Couscous (Sylvie Durmelat)
Toys (Elizabeth Heath)
Bande dessinee (Mark McKinney)
Sport (Philip Dine)
Institutions
Archives (Oana Panaite)
L'Ecole republicaine (Leon Sachs)
La Sorbonne (Ruth Bush)
The Clamart Salon (T. Denean Sharpley-Whiting)
Literary Prestige (Claire Ducournau)
Territory
Regions/Province (Kate Marsh)
Borders (Michael Gott)
Banlieues (Herve Tchumkam)
17 October 1961(Michel Laronde)
Marseille (Kathryn Kleppinger)
The Mediterranean (Kathryn Kleppinger)
Monuments
Fort de Joux (Cilas Kemedjio)
La Case creole (Julia Waters)
Memorials and Museums (Robert Aldrich)
Memorials in the Caribbean (Anny Dominique Curtius)
The Memorial ACTe (Fabienne Viala)
The Abolition of Slavery (Sophia Khadraoui-Fortune)
Musee National de l'Histoire de l'Immigration (Patrick Crowley)
Displacement/Mobility
Le Bagne (Charles Forsdick)
Rivesaltes (Susan Ireland)
Ouvea (Pim Higginson)
BUMIDOM (H. Adlai Murdoch)
Les Sans-papiers (Dominic Thomas)
Bodies
Colonial Exhibitions (Nicolas Bancel and Pascal Blanchard)
Les Tirailleurs senegalais (David Murphy)
Colonial heroes (Berny Sebe)
Jeanne Duval (Mireille Rosello)
Women's Rights (Francoise Verges)
Words and Images
French Language (Cecile Van den Avenne)
Anti-Colonialism (David Murphy)Children's Literature (Philip Dine)
Post and the Postage Stamp (David Scott)
Colonial Photography (Xavier Guegan)
The Everyday
Vine and Wine (Jacqueline Dutton)
Couscous (Sylvie Durmelat)
Toys (Elizabeth Heath)
Bande dessinee (Mark McKinney)
Sport (Philip Dine)