Christophe Corbin

Revisiting the French Resistance in Cinema, Literature, Bande Dessinée, and Television (1942-2012)

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Produktbeschreibung

This book explores the fine line between fiction and history and considers how France's cultural production has contributed to shaping the image of the French Resistance. Though an examination of the lenses through which France has regarded its recent past, the book offers a key to understanding France's national psyche.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 250
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Juli 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 412g
• ISBN-13: 9781498582070
• ISBN-10: 1498582079
• Artikelnr.: 61190965

Autorenporträt

Christophe Corbin is visiting assistant professor of French and Francophone studies at Haverford college and director of the Institut d'Avignon under the auspices of Bryn Mawr College.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface: "The French Resistance Explained to My Grandchild"
Introduction: How Stories Make History
I. A Tale of the Nation: Historical Considerations and Early Filmic
Depictions
II. Muses in Arms: Poetry and Novels to Save the "Real France" (1940-1944)
III. Fictions in Defiance. Historical Allegories or "Putting Ideas Across"
(1942-1951)
IV. Laughing the War Out: Comic (Relief) in Films and Bandes Dessinées
V. Dissenting Voices: Debunking the Myth of Resistant France
VI: Out of the Shadow: Invisibility and Resurfacing of Women in Films and
Novels
VII. Stopping the Pendulum Mid-Swing?: The Resistance on Television in the
2000s
Conclusion: Veneration, Suspicion, Admiration
Appendix A: List of Films, Telefilms, Novels, Comic Books, and Graphic
Novels Depicting the French Resistance
Bibliography
About the Author