Palimpsestic memory : the Holocaust and colonialism in French and francophone fiction and film

Palimpsestic memory : the Holocaust and colonialism in French and francophone fiction and film / Max Silverman.

The interconnections between histories and memories of the Holocaust, colonialism and extreme violence in post-war French and Francophone fiction and film provide the central focus of this book. It proposes a new model of 'palimpsestic memory', which the author defines as the condensation...

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Main Author: Silverman, Maxim
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Berghahn Books, 2013.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
1900-1999
French fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
French fiction > French-speaking countries > History and criticism.
Colonies in literature.
Colonies in motion pictures.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in literature.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in motion pictures.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > French.
PERFORMING ARTS > Film & Video > History & Criticism.
Colonies in literature
Colonies in motion pictures
French fiction
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) in literature
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) in motion pictures
French-speaking countries
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Table of Contents:
  • Palimpsestic Memory; Palimpsestic Memory The Holocaust and Colonialism in French and Francophone Fiction and Film
  • Max Silverman; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction Staging Memory as Palimpsest; Chapter 1 The Politics and Poetics of Memory; Chapter 2 Concentrationary Memory; Chapter 3 Anti-colonialism Revisited; Chapter 4 Colonial Hauntings of the Holocaust Imaginary; Chapter 5 The Memory of the Image; Chapter 6 Memory Traces; Chapter 7 Cosmopolitical Memory; Bibliography; Index.

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