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This book explores the commemorative afterlives of the Algerian War
of Independence (1954-62), one of the world's most iconic wars of
decolonisation. It focuses on the million French settlers -
pieds-noirs - and the tens of thousands of harkis - the French
army's native auxiliaries - who felt compelled to migrate to France
when colonial rule ended. Challenging the idea that Algeria was a
'forgotten' war that only returned to French public attention in
the 1990s, this study reveals a dynamic picture of memory activism
undertaken continuously since 1962 by grassroots communities
connected to this conflict. Reconceptualising the ways in which the
Algerian War has been debated, evaluated and commemorated in the
subsequent five decades, From empire to exile makes an original
contribution to important discussions surrounding the contentious
issues of memory, migration and empire in contemporary France that
will appeal to students and scholars of history and cultural
studies. -- .
This book explores the commemorative afterlives of the Algerian War
of Independence (1954-62), one of the world's most iconic wars of
decolonisation. It focuses on the million French settlers -
pieds-noirs - and the tens of thousands of harkis - the French
army's native auxiliaries - who felt compelled to migrate to France
when colonial rule ended. Challenging the idea that Algeria was a
'forgotten' war that only returned to French public attention in
the 1990s, this study reveals a dynamic picture of memory activism
undertaken continuously since 1962 by grassroots communities
connected to this conflict. Reconceptualising the ways in which the
Algerian War has been debated, evaluated and commemorated in the
subsequent five decades, From empire to exile makes an original
contribution to important discussions surrounding the contentious
issues of memory, migration and empire in contemporary France that
will appeal to students and scholars of history and cultural
studies. -- .
France's Lost Empires brings together ten essays that collectively
investigate the historical, cultural, and political legacies of
French colonialism and, specifically, the endings of the French
empire(s). Combining analyses of three "lost" territories (Canada,
India, and Saint Dominigue) of the "first" French colonial empire,
that of the Ancien Regime, with investigations of the
decolonization of the "new" colonies of the "second" French
overseas empire (specifically in North Africa), the essays
presented here investigate the ways in whicih colonial loss has
been absorbed and narrativized within French culture and society,
and how nostalgia for that past has played a fundamental role in
shaping French colonial discourses and memories. Beginning with the
Haitian Revolution and its historicization during the 1820s and
ending with an examination of the "postcolonial" republic at the
end of the twentieth century, the chronological structure of the
volume serves to reveal the extent to which the memories of
territorial loss have been sustained throughout French colonial
history and remain evident in current metropolitan representations
and memories of empire. In analyzing the longevity of these tropes
of loss and nostalgia, and their importance in shaping France's
identity as a colonial power both during and after periods of
colonization, France's Lost Empires reveals a basic premise: it is
not simply successful conquest which creates a self-validating
colonial discourse; failure can do so too. Indeed, the pervasive
and tenacious nostalgia for past colonial glories, variously
identified by the contributors to this volume, suggests that, for
some, the emotional attachment to France's colonies has not waned
and remians today as it was in nineteenth-century France.
On 5 July 1962, Algeria became an independent nation, bringing to
an end 132 years of French colonial rule. Algeria Revisited
provides an opportunity to critically re-examine the colonial
period, the iconic war of decolonisation that brought it to an end
and the enduring legacies of these years. Given the apparent
centrality of violence in this history, this volume asks how we
might re-imagine conflict so as to better understand its forms and
functions in both the colonial and postcolonial eras. It considers
the constantly shifting balance of power between different groups
in Algeria and how these have been used to re-fashion colonial
relationships. Turning to the postcolonial period, the book
explores the challenges Algerians have faced as they have sought to
forge an identity as an independent postcolonial nation and how has
this process been represented. The roles played by memory and
forgetting are highlighted as part of the ongoing efforts by both
Algeria and France to grapple with the complex legacies of their
prolonged and tumultuous relationship. This interdisciplinary
volume sheds light on these and other issues, offering new insights
into the history, politics, society and culture of modern Algeria
and its historical relationship with France.
On 5 July 1962, Algeria became an independent nation, bringing to
an end 132 years of French colonial rule. Algeria Revisited
provides an opportunity to critically re-examine the colonial
period, the iconic war of decolonisation that brought it to an end
and the enduring legacies of these years. Given the apparent
centrality of violence in this history, this volume asks how we
might re-imagine conflict so as to better understand its forms and
functions in both the colonial and postcolonial eras. It considers
the constantly shifting balance of power between different groups
in Algeria and how these have been used to re-fashion colonial
relationships. Turning to the postcolonial period, the book
explores the challenges Algerians have faced as they have sought to
forge an identity as an independent postcolonial nation and how has
this process been represented. The roles played by memory and
forgetting are highlighted as part of the ongoing efforts by both
Algeria and France to grapple with the complex legacies of their
prolonged and tumultuous relationship. This interdisciplinary
volume sheds light on these and other issues, offering new insights
into the history, politics, society and culture of modern Algeria
and its historical relationship with France.
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