Images of the Algerian War French Fiction and Film, 1954-1992

Name: Images of the Algerian War French Fiction and Film, 1954-1992
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ISBN: 9780198158752

ISBN-10: 0198158750

ISBN-13: 9780198158752

Edition: 1994

Authors: Philip D. Dine

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This is the first full-length survey in any language of the fiction and film generated in France by the Algerian war (1954-1962). Although part of a much wider process of decolonization, the conflict was so traumatic that it brought France to the verge of civil war and its memory continues to haunt French society today. Like America's experience in Vietnam, it has been understood as a paradigm of the collapse of Western certainties in the post-war period. Philip Dine's ground-breaking study examines the novels and films which deal with the war in an attempt to understand the lasting impact of the conflict. By locating texts within institutional and public discourses, it addresses issues of…

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List price: $170.00
Copyright year: 1994
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 2/9/1995
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 276
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English



Acknowledgements


List of Abbreviations


Glossary of Arabic and Military Terms


The Algerian War: History And Ideology, Mythology And Fiction



Waging a Dirty War, 1954-1962



The Myth of the Paratrooper



The Myth of the Seigneur



Ni Victimes Ni Bourreaux: The Liberal Dilemma



Anti-Colonialist Commitment Camus's Uninvited Guest



Remembering the War Without a Name1962-1992


'La Quille, Bordel!': Recalling Le Rappel



The Will to Belong: the Myths Of the Pieds-Noirs



Le Mï¿½me Et L'Autre: Imaging The Algerians



Filming the War Without a Name, 1954-1992



Cinema Images of the Algerian Conflict, 1954-1992


Conclusion


Bibliography


Alphabetical List of Films Cited


Index