Wardleworth, N orcid.org/0000-0001-7502-2640 (2018) The documentary as a site of commemoration: filming the Free French dissidents from the French Antilles. European Review of History / Revue européenne d'histoire, 25 (2). pp. 374-391. ISSN 1350-7486
Abstract
Thousands of young men and women left the French Antilles (Martinique, Guadeloupe and French Guyana) to join the Free French from 1941 to 1944. The contributions made by these Dissidents (Antillean Resistance fighters) has for decades been overlooked both at home and in metropolitan France. This article explores what Euzhan Palcy’s 2006 documentary, Parcours de Dissidents (The Journey of the Dissidents), reveals about how such historical omissions shape questions of national identity and belonging in the Antilles, through an analysis of its use of testimonies, archival footage and personal mementos. It also examines the film’s afterlife: how it has been used as a tool to demand greater recognition for these veterans and ultimately acts as an important site of commemoration, when physical memorials are still lacking.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in European Review of History / Revue européenne d'histoire on 27 Feb 2018, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/13507486.2017.1415302. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Second World War; Antilles; Documentary; Commemoration; Memory |
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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: | 15 Nov 2017 15:47 |
Last Modified: | 27 Aug 2019 00:41 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/13507486.2017.1415302 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:124037 |