Vichy's afterlife : history and counterhistory in postwar France / / Richard J. Golsan

• Autore: Golsan Richard Joseph <1952->
• Pubblicazione: Lincoln, : University of Nebraska Press, c2000
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xi, 232 pages)
• Disciplina: 944/.597
• Soggetto topico: Historians - France - Attitudes; War crime trials - France - Public opinion; Public opinion - France
• Soggetto geografico: France History German occupation, 1940-1945 Historiography; Vichy (France) Politics and government Moral and ethical aspects
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-218) and index.
• Sommario/riassunto: One of the distinctive features of the "Vichy Syndrome" -- the persistence of the memory of the Vichy regime in French political and cultural life -- is that it has been extremely difficult for an authoritative historical discourse to impose itself. Why does Vichy, and all that the name entails, fascinate and even obsess the French, inflecting not only discussions of the past but of the present as well?In Vichy's Afterlife, Richard J. Golsan explores the complexities of some of the most provocative episodes of Vichy's curious persistence in France's national consciousness. He argues that each of these episodes, events, and scandals, constitutes a crossroads where history and "counterhistory" -- different or competing versions of the past -- encounter one another, often with explosive and even destructive consequences.
• Titolo autorizzato: Vichy's afterlife
• ISBN: 0-8032-0289-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9911100147803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II