French Crime Fiction and the Second World War: Past Crimes, Present Memories

by Claire Gorrara

Book Overview

This study explores France's preoccupation with memories of the Second World War through an examination of popular culture and one of its more enduring forms: crime fiction. It examines what such popular narratives have to tell us about past and present perceptions of the war years in France and how they relate to post-war debates over memory, culture and national identity.

Starting with narratives of the Resistance in the late 1940s and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0719095492
• ISBN13: 9780719095498
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 164 Pages
• Weight: 0.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"