Fell, AS and Wardleworth, N orcid.org/0000-0001-7502-2640 (2016) The Colour of War Memory: Cultural Representations of Tirailleurs Sénégalais. Journal of War and Culture Studies, 9 (4). pp. 319-334. ISSN 1752-6272
Abstract
This article examines French and francophone cultural representations of the roles played by tirailleurs sénégalais during the First and Second World Wars. It analyses how such representations (produced by authors from both within and outside this group) can be considered as examples of what Max Silverman has defined as ‘palimpsestic memory’, containing traces of the present and the past. Key myths and stereotypes of French African troops have reappeared with relative frequency in images, texts, and films. This article explores the ideological and political purposes to which these representations have been put at different historical moments up to the present.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2016 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in The Journal of War and Culture Studies on 02 Aug 2016, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/17526272.2016.1216032 |
Keywords: | Colonial soldiers; tirailleurs; First World War; Second World War; Commemoration |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of Languages Cultures & Societies (Leeds) > French (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 05 Jul 2016 10:26 |
Last Modified: | 04 Jul 2018 14:56 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/17526272.2016.1216032 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:101924 |