Atack, MK orcid.org/0000-0002-9759-2115 (2016) Performing the Nation in the Mode Rétro. Journal of War & Culture Studies, 9 (4). pp. 335-347. ISSN 1752-6272
Abstract
The mode rétro has played a crucial role in the postwar historiography of the Occupation years in France. This article looks at three films of the 1970s, Lacombe Lucien, L’Affiche rouge, and Monsieur Klein, in order to consider the importance of performance and theatricality, and their interaction with the performatives of Frenchness and nationality. It identifies the fault-line of French and not-French as an important dimension of these texts, and suggests that their power to fascinate French audiences may stem from their mobilization of contemporary interests and anxieties.
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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 Journal of War and Culture Studies on 8th September 2016, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/17526272.2016.1226545. |
Keywords: | France; German Occupation; mode rétro; Cultural History; film; performance; Second World War |
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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: | 11 Jul 2016 11:30 |
Last Modified: | 08 Oct 2020 12:39 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1080/17526272.2016.1226545 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/17526272.2016.1226545 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:102149 |