Postcolonial Realms of Memory: Sites and Symbols in Modern France

440 Pages·2020·9.994 MB·English

by  Etienne Achille, Charles Forsdick, Lydie Moudileno

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Recognized as one of the most infl uential studies of memory in the late T
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twentieth century, Pierre Nora’s monumental project Les Lieux de mémoire has
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the relationship between the nation, territory, history and memory. It has also, O
however, been criticized for implying a narrow perception of national memory N
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from which the legacy of colonialism was excluded. Driven by an increasingly A
critical postcolonial discourse on French historiography and fuelled by the will L
to acknowledge the relevance of the colonial in the making of modern and R
contemporary France, the present volume intends to address in a collective and E
sustained manner this critical gap by postcolonializing the French Republic’s A
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lieux de mémoire. The various chapters discern and explore an initial repertoire of
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realms and sites in France and the so-called Outremer that crystallize traces of
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colonial memory, while highlighting its inherent dialectical relationship with fi rmly
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instituted national memory. By making visible the invisible thread that links the
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colonial to various manifestations of French heritage, the objective is to bring
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Cover image: Penal Colony in Bourail, New Caledonia,
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Contemporary French and Francophone Cultures
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CHARLES FORSDICK
University of Liverpool
Editorial Board
TOM CONLEY JACQUELINE DUTTON LYNN A. HIGGINS
Harvard University University of Melbourne Dartmouth College
MIREILLE ROSELLO DEREK SCHILLING
University of Amsterdam Johns Hopkins University
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ETIENNE ACHILLE,
CHARLES FORSDICK AND
LYDIE MOUDILENO
Postcolonial Realms of Memory
Sites and Symbols in Modern France
Postcolonial Realms of Memory
LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY PRESS
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Contents
Contents
Acknowledgements ix
Introduction: Postcolonizing lieux de mémoire 1
Institutions
Archives 23
Oana Panaïté
L’École républicaine 34
Leon Sachs
La Sorbonne 44
Ruth Bush
The Clamart Salon 55
T. Denean Sharpley-Whiting
Literary Prestige 63
Claire Ducournau
Territory
Regions/Province 73
Kate Marsh
Borders 85
Michael Gott
Banlieues 101
Hervé Tchumkam
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vi Postcolonial Realms of Memory
17 October 1961 109
Michel Laronde
Marseille 119
Kathryn Kleppinger
The Mediterranean 128
Kathryn Kleppinger
Monuments
Fort de Joux 139
Cilas Kemedjio
La Case créole 148
Julia Waters
Memorials and Museums 159
Robert Aldrich
Slavery Memorials 167
Anny-Dominique Curtius
The Memorial ACTe 186
Fabienne Viala
The Abolition of Slavery 195
Sophia Khadraoui-Fortune
Musée National de l’Histoire de l’Immigration 204
Patrick Crowley
Displacement/Mobility
Le Bagne 217
Charles Forsdick
Rivesaltes 227
Susan Ireland
Ouvéa 236
Pim Higginson
BUMIDOM 244
H. Adlai Murdoch
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Contents vii
Les Sans-papiers 255
Dominic Thomas
Bodies
Colonial Exhibitions 269
Nicolas Bancel and Pascal Blanchard
Les Tirailleurs sénégalais 290
David Murphy
Colonial Heroes 298
Berny Sèbe
Jeanne Duval 307
Mireille Rosello
Women’s Rights 314
Françoise Vergès
Words and Images
French Language 327
Cécile Van den Avenne
Anti-colonialism 334
David Murphy
Children’s Literature 343
Philip Dine
Post and the Postage Stamp 351
David Scott
Colonial Photography 360
Xavier Guégan
The Everyday
Vine and Wine 373
Jacqueline Dutton
Couscous 383
Sylvie Durmelat
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viii Postcolonial Realms of Memory
Toys 394
Elizabeth Heath
Bande dessinée 403
Mark McKinney
Sport 411
Philip Dine
Index 421
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Acknowledgements
Acknowledgements
This volume was edited while Charles Forsdick was AHRC Theme
Leadership Fellow for ‘Translating Cultures’ (AH/N504476/1). He
records his gratitude for this support.
The contribution ‘Women’s Rights’ is based on a chapter from the
book Le Ventre des femmes. Capitalisme, Racialisation, Féminisme
(Albin Michel, 2017).
The contribution ‘Children’s Literature’ by Philip Dine is based on
his 1997 article ‘The French Colonial Empire in Juvenile Fiction: From
Jules Verne to Tintin’, Historical Reflections/Réflexions Historiques
23.2: 177–203. The original publication offers a fuller and more detailed
discussion of the points made in the present publication, for which the
permission of Berghahn Books is gratefully acknowledged.
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In Memoriam
Kate Marsh, 1974–2019
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