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Author Eldridge, Claire, author

Title From empire to exile : history and memory within the pied-noir and harki communities, 1962-2012 / Claire Eldridge
Published Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2016
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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 337 pages) : maps
Series Studies in modern French history
Studies in modern French history
Contents Cover; Half-title; Series information; Title page; Copyright information; Dedication; Table of contents; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Maps; Introduction; 'Memory wars'; The 'war without a name'; 'A kaleidoscope of splintered memories'; Framing memory; 'French memory is full of Algeria'; Sources, conduits and reception; The pied-noir community; The harki community; International comparisons; Structure of this book; Notes; Part I The Era of 'Absence', 1962-91; Emergence, 1962-75; 1 Creating a community; The hand of the state; Associations and the mobilisation of the rapatriés
Solidarity and mutual aid: the activities of ANFANOMAThe question of compensation; The turn to culture; Notes; 2 The sounds of silence; Citizens, repatriates or refugees? Defining the harkis; Cast to one side: the harkis in France; An apprenticeship to France; Creating a narrative of progress; 'A brotherhood of misfortune'; Questions without responses: the silence of the harkis; Official representations of the harkis: between silence and vilification; Brothers through blood spilled; Brothers in arms; Brothers in exile; Notes; Consolidation, 1975-91; 3 Creating an identity; Managing diversity
Recalling French AlgeriaLiving in harmony; 'From chaos to light'; The War of Independence; De Gaulle: the great decoloniser; Staying true to your word; 26 March and 5 July 1962; The social and physical dimensions of memory; Inscribing the past in stone; 'A town like no other'; Nostalgérie; Notes; 4 Breaking the silence; 1975; Elites and associations; 'We are all harkis'; Allies, adversaries and Algerians; Reclaiming the narrative; Notes; Part II The 'Return' of the War of Independence, 1991-2012; Acceleration, 1991-2005; 5 Hardening attitudes; The 'return' of the war; Multiple voices
A harder edgeThe quest for unity; The ultimate recourse; 'Chirac's towel rail'; The last victim of the Algerian War?; The desert; Notes; 6 Speaking out; The quest for grassroots unity in the 1990s; The practical face of harki activism: Hacène Arfi and Abdelkrim Klech; Building bridges: Dalila Kerchouche, Fatima Besnaci-Lancou and the cultural diffusion of the harki narrative; Exemplary narratives; Combining activism and academia: Mohand Hamoumou; The harki experience; Arrival in France; 'A little anger against France'?; Assuming the past in its entirety; Whose voice?; Notes
Memory wars, 1999-20127 Friends and enemies; Continuity and change: the evolving relationship between pieds-noirs, harkis and veterans; Between envy and invective: pied-noir portrayals of Algerians; Between empathy and envy: relationships between harkis and Algerians; The media; 'We are the witnesses'; Notes; 8 Champs de bataille; The courtroom; The ascendancy of victimhood; A positive view of colonialism; The question of responsibility; The role of the state; The quest for permanence; Towards a resolution?; Notes; Conclusion; The last pied-noir?; Harkis and the elusive 'official gesture'
Summary Exploring the memory of the war of independence in France as viewed by the former European settlers (pieds-noirs) and the harkis, those Algerians who worked for the French security forces, this title examines how the memorial dynamics of the two groups are related both to each other and to other memories of the war
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 308-325), filmography, and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Algerians -- France -- History -- 20th century
Harkis -- France -- History -- 20th century
HISTORY -- Europe -- France.
LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Algerians
Harkis
Algerienkrieg
Auswanderung
Kollektives Gedächtnis
Niederlage
SUBJECT Algeria -- History -- Revolution, 1954-1962. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85003462
Subject Algeria
France
Algerien
Frankreich
France.
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781526100856
1526100851
9781526100863
152610086X