French Cinema and the Great War : Remembrance and Representation 9781442260986, 9781442260979

Even a century after its conclusion, the devastation of the Great War still echoes in the work of artists who try to mak

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French Cinema and the Great War : Remembrance and Representation
9781442260986, 9781442260979

How does a nation come to terms with losing a war—especially an overseas war whose purpose is fervently contested? In th

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Challenging hegemonic narratives of war by spotlighting the intimate memories of witnesses. War and Remembrance brings

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How does a nation come to terms with losing a war—especially an overseas war whose purpose is fervently contested? In th

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This book explores alternatives to realist, triumphalist, and heroic representations of war in British film and televisi

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When the Hebrew edition of this groundbreaking book came out, it provoked a stormy public debate. This is a new edition

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Examines the role of forgetfulness in our understanding of the Holocaust.

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This book recounts the reception of selected films about the Great War released between 1918 and 1938 in the USA and Gre

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This vividly written account of the epic four-year campaign is "particularly worth reading [for] aspects of the Gre

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