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The Algerian War in French-Language Comics - Postcolonial Memory, History, and Subjectivity (Paperback)
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The Algerian War in French-Language Comics - Postcolonial Memory, History, and Subjectivity (Paperback)
Series: After the Empire: The Francophone World and Postcolonial France
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The decolonization of Algeria represents a turning point in world
history, marking the end of France's colonial empire, the birth of
the Algerian republic, and the appearance of the Third World and
pan-Arabism. Algeria emerged from colonial domination to negotiate
the release of American hostages in Iran during the Carter
administration. Radical Islam would later rise from the ashes of
Algeria's failed democracy, leading to a civil war and the training
of Algerian terrorists in Afghanistan. Moreover, the decolonization
of Algeria offered an imperfect model of decolonization to other
nations like South Africa that succeeded in abolishing apartheid
while retaining its white settler population. Algeria and its war
of national liberation therefore constitute an inescapable
reference for those looking to understand today's "war on terror"
and ever-expanding islamophobia in Western media circuits.
Consequently, it is imperative that students and educators
understand the global implications of the Algerian War and how to
best approach this conflict in school and at home so as to learn
from the consequences of misrepresentation at all levels of the
memory transmission chain. These objectives are all the more
important today given the West's misunderstanding and
mischaracterization of Islam, the Arab Spring, the Muslim-majority
world, and, most importantly, the continuing influence of French
colonialism-especially in the postcolonial era. Conceived as a case
study, The Algerian War in French-Language Comics: Postcolonial
Memory, History, and Subjectivity argues that comics provide an
alternative to textbook representations of the Algerian War in
France because they draw from many of the same source materials yet
produce narratives that are significantly different. This book
demonstrates that although comics rely on conventional vectors of
memory transmission like national education, the family, and
mainstream media, they can also create new and productive dialogues
using these same vectors in ways unavailable to traditional
textbooks. From this perspective, these comics are an effective and
alternative way to develop a more inclusive social consciousness.
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