Collective memory
Subtitle: France and the Algerian war (1954-1962)
By: Jo McCormack
Series: After the empire: Francophone world and postcolonial France; After the empire
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Lanham, MD
Language: eng
Number of pages: 221
ISBN-13: 9780739109212
Subjects: Racism -- France -- Case studies; Algeria -- History -- Revolution, 1954-1962 -- Influence; Algeria -- History -- Revolution, 1954-1962 -- Mass media and the revolution -- Case studies; France -- Social conditions -- 1945- -- Case studies
Genres: Case studies
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-215) and index
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgements; title: List of abbreviations and acronyms; title: Brief chronology of the Algerian war; title: Introduction; title: The Algerian war : between memory and history; title: Critical literature and recent developments; title: Pedagogy : imagining the French nation; title: The family : discussing the war years; title: Personal and family stories; title: The media : reporting the war forty years on; title: Conclusion; title: Teaching, reporting, and discussing the Algerian war in contemporary France