03267nam 2200709 450 991079641660332120230802000055.01-5261-3018-110.7765/9781526130181(CKB)3810000000290524(MiAaPQ)EBC5217084(OCoLC)1085614276(MdBmJHUP)muse72933(Au-PeEL)EBL5217084(CaPaEBR)ebr11496964(OCoLC)1020033227(iGPub)MUPB0000691(DE-B1597)660817(DE-B1597)9781526130181(EXLCZ)99381000000029052420180214h20122012 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierFrench crime fiction and the Second World War /Claire GorraraPaperback edition.Manchester, Michigan :Manchester University Press,2012.©20121 online resource (160 pages)Cultural History of Modern War0-7190-9549-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.This study explores France's preoccupation with memories of the Second World War through an examination of popular culture and one of its more enduring forms, crime fiction. It examines what such popular narratives have to tell us about past and present perceptions of the war years in France and how they relate to post-war debates over memory, culture and national identity.Starting with narratives of the Resistance in the late 1940s and concluding with contemporary crime fiction for younger readers, Gorrara examines popular memories of the Second World War in dialogue with the changing social, cultural and political contexts of remembrance in post-war France. From memories of the persecution of Jews and French collaboration to the legacies of the concentration camps and the figure of the survivor-witness, all the crime novels discussed grapple with the challenges of what it means to live in the shadow of such a past for generations past, present and future.Cultural history of modern war.Detective and mystery stories, FrenchHistory and criticismCollective memoryFranceWorld War, 1939-1945Literature and the warFrench fiction21st centuryHistory and criticismFrench fiction20th centuryHistory and criticismFrancefastAnti-Semitism.Collaboration.Crime fiction.France.Resistance.Second World War.Detective and mystery stories, FrenchHistory and criticism.Collective memoryWorld War, 1939-1945Literature and the war.French fictionHistory and criticism.French fictionHistory and criticism.843.0872090914Gorrara Claire1100145MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910796416603321French crime fiction and the Second World War3727935UNINA