Remembering the Occupation in French Film: National Identity in Postwar Europe

When collective memory is a source of national debate, the public representation of history quickly becomes a locus of controversy and ideological struggle. This work shows how French film has allowed for a public airing of current concerns through the lens of memory's recreations of the Occupation.

Author: L. Hewitt
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 04/09/2008
Pages: 254
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.80w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9780230601307

About the Author
Leah D. Hewitt is Professor of French at Amherst College and the author of Autobiographical Tightropes: Simone de Beauvoir, Nathalie Sarraute, Marguerite Duras, Monique Wittig and Maryse Condé. She has also published essays on autobiography, postwar French films, the New Novel, and French Caribbean literature.

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