Ego-histories of France and the Second World War [electronic resource] : Writing Vichy /
Bragança, Manuel.editor.
Louwagie, Fransiska.editor.
This volume gathers the intellectual autobiographies of fourteen leading scholars in the fields of history, literature, film and cultural studies who have dedicated a considerable part of their career to researching the history and memories of France during the Second World War. Contributors include Margaret Atack, Marc Dambre, Laurent Douzou, Hilary Footitt, Robert Gildea, Richard J. Golsan, Bertram M. Gordon, Christopher Lloyd, Colin Nettelbeck, Denis Peschanski, Renée Poznanski, Henry Rousso, Peter Tame, and Susan Rubin Suleiman. Based in five different countries, these scholars have played a crucial role in shaping and reshaping what has become a thought-provoking field of research. This volume, which also includes an interview with historian Robert O. Paxton, clarifies the rationales and driving forces behind their work and thus behind our current understanding of one of the darkest and most vividly remembered pages of history in contemporary France.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part 1: Opening Reflections -- 1.Introduction: Ego-histories, France and the Second World War; Manuel Bragança & Fransiska Louwagie -- 2.Interview with Robert O. Paxton, on the writing of history and ego-history; Robert O. Paxton with Manuel Bragança & Fransiska Louwagie -- Part 2: Voices from France -- 3.Currents and Counter-currents; Marc Dambre -- 4.Resisting Fragments; Laurent Douzou -- 5. From a foreign country; Henry Rousso -- 6. On Chance and Necessity; Denis Peschanski -- Part 3: Voices across the Channel -- 7. In the Forests of the Night: England, France and the Writing of War; Margaret Atack -- 8. Searching for ‘Contact Zones’ in France’s war; Hilary Footitt -- 9.A tale of two Frances and a curious ancestor; Robert Gildea -- 10.Vichy, Kingdom of Shadows; Christopher Lloyd -- 11.Writers in conflict; Peter Tame -- Part 4: Voices from far and near -- 12.Good Fortune, Good Friends; Richard J. Golsan -- 13. The Other Side: Investigating the Collaborationists in World War II France; Bertram M. Gordon -- 14.When faced with the question; Colin Nettelbeck -- 15.Born in Paris…; Renée Poznanski -- 16.Reaching Vichy via Budapest: On Zigzags, Waves and Triangles in Intellectual Life; Susan Rubin Suleiman -- Part 5: Closing Reflections -- 17. Conclusion: cross-perspectives on ego-history; Manuel Bragança & Fransiska Louwagie -- Index.
This volume gathers the intellectual autobiographies of fourteen leading scholars in the fields of history, literature, film and cultural studies who have dedicated a considerable part of their career to researching the history and memories of France during the Second World War. Contributors include Margaret Atack, Marc Dambre, Laurent Douzou, Hilary Footitt, Robert Gildea, Richard J. Golsan, Bertram M. Gordon, Christopher Lloyd, Colin Nettelbeck, Denis Peschanski, Renée Poznanski, Henry Rousso, Peter Tame, and Susan Rubin Suleiman. Based in five different countries, these scholars have played a crucial role in shaping and reshaping what has become a thought-provoking field of research. This volume, which also includes an interview with historian Robert O. Paxton, clarifies the rationales and driving forces behind their work and thus behind our current understanding of one of the darkest and most vividly remembered pages of history in contemporary France.
World War, 1939-1945.
France-History.
Historiography.
Europe-History-1492-.
World history.
History of World War II and the Holocaust.
History of France.
Memory Studies.
History of Modern Europe.
World History, Global and Transnational History.