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Author Freeman, Kirrily, author.

Title The town of Vichy and the politics of identity : stigma, victimhood and decline / Kirrily Freeman
Published Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2022]
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Series Palgrave pivot
Palgrave pivot.
Contents 1. Introduction -- 2. Stigma -- 3. Victimhood -- 4. Decline -- 5. Renewal and Defiance -- 6. Conclusion
Summary This book explores the contours of civic identity in the town of Vichy, France. Over the course of its history, Vichy has been known for three things: its thermal spa resort; its products (especially Vichy water and Vichy cosmetics); and its role in hosting the Etat Francais, Frances collaborationist government in the Second World War. This last association has become an obsession for the residents of Vichy, who feel stigmatized and victimized by the widespread habit of referring to Frances wartime government as the 'Vichy regime'. This book argues that the stigma, victimhood, and decline suffered by Vichyssois are best understood by placing Vichys politics of identity in a broader historical context that considers corporate, as well as social and cultural, history. Kirrily Freeman is Professor of History at Saint Marys University in Halifax, Canada. Her publications include Bronzes to Bullets: Vichy and the Destruction of French Public Statuary (2009) and Reading the Postwar Future: Textual Turning Points from 1944 (2019), edited with John Munro
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed February 18, 2022)
Subject Political culture -- France -- Vichy -- History
National characteristics, French -- Political aspects
World War, 1939-1945 -- France -- Vichy
National characteristics, French -- Political aspects
Political culture
Politics and government
SUBJECT Vichy (France) -- History
Vichy (France) -- Politics and government -- 20th century
Subject France -- Vichy
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9783030931971
3030931978