Keren Chiaroni (New Zealand Victoria University of Welington)

Broschiertes Buch

Resistance Heroism and the End of Empire

The Life and Times of Madeleine Riffaud

Beschreibung

This book introduces an English-speaking public to the life of Madeleine Riffaud â one of the last living leaders of the French Resistance. It considers the nature of the rebel hero in Franceâ s founding historical narratives (revolution, insurrection, resistance) while asking what contributions such a hero might make to debates on national identity today.

Autor

Keren Chiaroni is Programme Director for French in the School of Languages and Cultures at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. Her research interests include cultural/war history and design for performance. She is the author of The Last of the Human Freedoms (2011) and Editor for the Pacific in the World Scenography Project, vols I and II (OISTAT and York University, 2012, 2014).

Produktdetails

• Routledge Studies in Modern European History
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 270
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Juli 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 406g
• ISBN-13: 9781138331976
• ISBN-10: 113833197X
• Artikelnr.: 53539126