Resistance heroism and the end of empire : the life and times of Madeleine Riffaud / Keren Chiaroni.
Resistance heroism and the end of empire : the life and times of Madeleine Riffaud / Keren Chiaroni.
Resistance heroism and the end of empire : the life and times of Madeleine Riffaud / Keren Chiaroni.
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Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2017.
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G 2017/711
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Language
English
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Physical content
xii, 256 pages ; 24 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Introduction: Portrait of a rebel -- Dramatis personae -- Defining features: Riffaud and the Résistance -- Vietnam: a love story -- Algeria and France: a crime passionnel -- Poetry as a weapon of war -- Edme Liron: the ancestral portrait -- The portrait revisited -- Rainer or Riffaud?.
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Publisher
Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2017.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2017.
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Summary
"This 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 France's founding historical narratives (revolution, insurrection, resistance) while asking what contributions such a hero might make to debates on national identit...
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Full title
Resistance heroism and the end of empire : the life and times of Madeleine Riffaud / Keren Chiaroni.
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Life and times of Madeleine Riffaud
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Routledge studies in modern European history ; 40
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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G 2017/711
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74VKV7DBWMdg
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ISBN
9781138227316 hardback alkaline paper
1138227315 hardback alkaline paper
DDC
940.5344092
MMS ID
991024063183402626
