Algerian War in Film Fifty Years Later, 2004–2012

Inbunden, Engelska, 2020

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The Algerian War in Film Fifty Years Later, 2004?–?2012 examines the cultural, political, and aesthetic significance of narrative films made during the fiftieth-anniversary period of the war, between 2004 and 2012. This period was a fruitful one, in which film became a central medium generating varied representations of the war, and Anne Donadey argues that the fiftieth-anniversary film production contributed to France’s move from a period of the return of the repressed to one of difficult anamnesis. Donadey provides a close analysis of twenty narrative films made during this period on both side of the Mediterranean, observing that while some films continue to center on the point of view of only one stake-holding group, a number of films open up new opportunities for multicultural French audiences to envision the war through the eyes of Algerian characters on-screen, and other films bring memories from various groups together in thoughtful articulations that represent the complexity of the situation. Donadey takes this analysis a step further to analyze what types of gendered representations emerge in these films, given the important participation of Algerian women in the revolutionary war. Scholars of Francophone studies, film, women’s studies, and history will find this book particularly useful.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2020-10-07
Mått160 x 228 x 24 mm
Vikt558 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieAfter the Empire: The Francophone World and Postcolonial France
Antal sidor246
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9781793626646

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AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: The Algeria Syndrome and Hiccups of MemoryChapter 1: Un/Civil War Memories: L’Ennemi intime, Mon Colonel, Djinns, La Trahison, and Nuit noire 17 octobre 1961Chapter 2: From Screen Memories to Intertwined Lives: Caché, Michou d’Auber, Le premier homme, Je vous ai compris, and Le Choix de MyriamChapter 3: From Nostalg(er)ic to Coalescing Memories: Un Balcon sur la mer, Ce que le jour doit à la nuit, La Baie d’Alger, and Cartouches gauloisesChapter 4: Militant Memories: Mostefa Ben Boulaïd, Zabana!, Sartre: L’Age des passions, Avant l’oubli, Voyage à Alger, and Pour DjamilaConclusion: Difficult AnamnesisWorks CitedAbout the AuthorIndex

A remarkably elegant multidisciplinary analysis of cinematic engagement with the Algerian War for independence (1954-62), Anne Donadey’s latest work is a significant contribution to both Francophone cinema studies and the study of its long-standing aftereffects. Based on a corpus of twenty narrative films (2004-2012), Donadey incisively examines cross-generational perspectives on understanding collective, if difficult, anamnesis fifty years on. Expertly weaving together close readings of historical approaches and meticulous filmic sequence analyses, Donadey’s nuanced study foregrounds the lingering effects of a partially repressed memory of a fraught war that has since haunted Algeria and France. Her writing stands out for its explicit signposting and extensive references, making it accessible to undergraduates and graduates alike. Anne Donadey’s capacious and critical engagement with postcolonial thought and the work of eminent historians clearly establishes this book as a key reference for students and scholars of Franco-Algerian history, film and memory studies.