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"There are suggestive and interesting contributions ... Historians
of modern France and historians interested in the cultural aspects
of war will find much to engage with in this stimulating
collection." . French History
France experienced four major conflicts in the fifty years
between 1914 and 1964: two world wars, and the wars in Indochina
and Algeria. In each the role of myth was intricately bound up with
memory, hope, belief, and ideas of nation. This is the first book
to explore how individual myths were created, sustained, and used
for purposes of propaganda, examining in detail not just the press,
radio, photographs, posters, films, and songs that gave credence to
an imagined event or attributed mythical status to an individual,
but also the cultural processes by which such artifacts were
disseminated and took effect.
Reliance on myth, so the authors argue, is shown to be one of
the most significant and durable features of 20th century warfare
propaganda, used by both sides in all the conflicts covered in this
book. However, its effective and useful role in time of war
notwithstanding, it does distort a population's perception of
reality and therefore often results in defeat: the myth-making that
began as a means of sustaining belief in France's supremacy, and
later her will and ability to resist, ultimately proved
counterproductive in the process of decolonization."
France experienced four major conflicts in the fifty years between
1914 and 1964: two world wars, and the wars in Indochina and
Algeria. In each the role of myth was intricately bound up with
memory, hope, belief, and ideas of nation. This is the first book
to explore how individual myths were created, sustained, and used
for purposes of propaganda, examining in detail not just the press,
radio, photographs, posters, films, and songs that gave credence to
an imagined event or attributed mythical status to an individual,
but also the cultural processes by which such artifacts were
disseminated and took effect. Reliance on myth, so the authors
argue, is shown to be one of the most significant and durable
features of 20th century warfare propaganda, used by both sides in
all the conflicts covered in this book. However, its effective and
useful role in time of war notwithstanding, it does distort a
population's perception of reality and therefore often results in
defeat: the myth-making that began as a means of sustaining belief
in France's supremacy, and later her will and ability to resist,
ultimately proved counterproductive in the process of
decolonization.
Legendary publisher and writer John Calder said of Barbara
Wright that she was "the most brilliant, conscientious and original
translator of 20th century French literature." Wright introduced to
an English-speaking readership and audience some of the most
innovative French literature of the last hundred years: a world
without Alfred Jarry's "Ubu," Raymond Queneau's "Zazie," and Robert
Pinget's "Monsieur Songe" scarcely bears thinking about. This
wonderful collection of texts about and by Barbara Wright --
including work by David Bellos, Breon Mitchell, and Nick Wadley, as
well as a previously unpublished screenplay written and translated
by Wright in collaboration with Robert Pinget -- begins the work of
properly commemorating a figure toward whom all of English letters
owes an unpayable debt.
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