Resistance Heroism and the End of Empire by Keren Chiaroni - 9781138331976
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Resistance Heroism and the End of EmpireThe Life and Times of Madeleine Riffaud\nAuthor(s): Keren Chiaroni\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138331976, 978-1138331976\nSynopsis\nThis book introduces an English-speaking public to the life of Madeleine Riffaud one of the last living leaders of the French Resistance. It considers the nature of the rebel hero in Frances founding historical narratives (revolution, insurrection, resistance) while asking what contributions such a hero might make to debates on national identity today. \n\nThrough a series of narrative close-ups, the book offers perspectives on major chapters in nineteenth- and twentieth-century French history through the eyes of activists who experienced them: the Revolution of July 1830 and the 1851 insurrection against Napoleon, as experienced by Riffauds ancestor Edme Liron, and the French Resistance, the Vietnam War and FrenchAlgerian conflict as ex.
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