Cette série explore les dimensions culturelles de la guerre moderne, examinant comment les guerres sont perçues et comment elles façonnent les sociétés. Elle révèle comment les expériences de guerre sont traduites dans la mémoire collective, la culture populaire et les souvenirs personnels, remettant en question les dichotomies traditionnelles telles qu'alliés et ennemis. Chaque volume analyse divers aspects, des constructions de genre aux interventions humanitaires, offrant une perspective mondiale sur les significations culturelles de la guerre.
Offering a new contribution to debates about the British home front in WWII, this book addresses the way the Home Guard has been remembered in popular culture through examination of key films, as well as TV's Dad's Army. The authors also explore the personal memories of individuals who served in the Home Guard
By investigating representations of the war years in a selection of French crime novels from the mid-1940s to the present day, this book argues for the importance of crime fiction, and popular culture more generally, as active agents of memory in the ongoing debates over the legacies of the war years in contemporary France. -- .
British soldiers who served on the Western front. Using a variety of literary, artistic, and architectural evidence, Dr Reznick shows that Britain's 'generation of 1914' was a group bound as much by comradeship of healing as by comradeship of the trenches. -- .
The most comprehensive study published to date about John Galsworthy's philanthropic support for, and his compositions about soldiers disabled in the Great War. It makes available for the first time in a single edition the most significant of his compositions about the war disabled and examining their value as historical documents. -- .
Focusing on the Paris Commune of 1871, the book examines the enduring impact of this traumatic civil war on French cultural memory. It highlights the significant ignorance surrounding the brutal repression faced by citizens, with estimates of 20,000 to 35,000 deaths occurring in the conflict's final week. Through original scholarship, the work explores the intersection of memory, history, and political activism, shedding light on the ongoing struggle to remember and understand this pivotal event in France's past.
Past Crimes, Present Memories
Focusing on the interplay between crime fiction and historical memory, this book examines how French crime novels reflect and shape perceptions of the Second World War. By analyzing works from the late 1940s to the 2000s, it reveals how this popular literary genre serves as a lens for understanding the complexities of France's wartime experiences and the cultural memories surrounding the Occupation. The study highlights the dynamic relationship between official narratives and popular interpretations of this contested period in French history.
This is a study of domestic life during the war, of what people on the home front did to support men at the front, and of how soldiers in trenches organised the routines of feeding, rest, warmth, washing, that ensured their survival. -- .
In this highly original contribution to knowledge about a little-known subject: the history of nursing work, Christine Hallett explores the nature and meaning of the practices developed by nurses and their volunteer- assistants during the First World War -- .
Focusing on middle-class men in England during the First World War, this book delves into the lives of those who remained on the home front, emphasizing their unique experiences. It highlights that many of these men did not enlist due to reasons like exemption, age, family duties, or physical unfitness, rather than moral objections to the war. By examining how the war affected their practices, relationships, and identities, it sheds light on a largely overlooked aspect of wartime life, challenging the prevailing narratives centered on servicemen.
Children under the Allied bombs in France provides a unique perspective on the Allied bombing of France during the Second World War which killed around 57,000 French civilians. Using oral history as well as archival research, it provides an insight into children's wartime lives in which bombing often featured prominently, even though it has slipped out of French collective memory. How prepared were the French for this aerial onslaught? What was it like to be bombed? And how did people understand why their 'friends' across the Channel were attacking them? Divided into three parts dealing with expectations, experiences and explanations of bombing, this book considers the child's view of wartime violence, analysing resilience, understanding and trauma. It contributes significantly to scholarship on civilian life in Occupied France, and will appeal to students, academics and general readers interested in the history of Vichy France, oral history and the experiences of children in war.
The Environmental History of War and Militarization in Modern France
The book examines the intricate relationship between war and the environment in France, spanning from the establishment of Châlons Camp in 1857 to contemporary military environmentalism. It sheds light on significant historical events like the Franco-Prussian War and the Cold War while revealing the overlooked military installations across the French landscape. Through extensive research and site visits, it highlights the multifaceted nature of these militarized environments, which serve as sites of conflict, experimentation, and biodiversity, influenced by various international forces.