The Franco-Algerian War through a Twenty-First Century Lens

Film and History

Dr. Nicole Beth Wallenbrock (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

224 Seiten

2020
Bloomsbury Academic (Verlag)
978-1-4742-6280-4 (ISBN)

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The Franco-Algerian War (1954–62) remains a powerful international symbol of Third Worldism and the finality of Empire. Through its nuanced analysis of the war’s depiction in film, The Franco-Algerian War through a Twenty-First Century Lens locates an international reckoning with history that both condemns and exonerates past generations.

Algerian and French production partnerships—such as Hors-la-loi, (Outside the Law, Rachid Bouchareb, 2010) and Loubia Hamra (Bloody Beans, Narimane Mari, 2013)—are one of several ways citizens collaborate to unearth a shared history and its legacy. Nicole Beth Wallenbrock probes cinematic discourse to shed new light on topics including: the media revelation of torture and atomic bomb tests; immigration’s role in the evolution of the war’s meaning; and the complex relationship of the intertwined film cultures. The first chapter summarizes the Franco-Algerian War in 20th-century film, thus grounding subsequent queries with Algeria’s moudjahid or freedom-fighter films and the French new wave’s perceived disinterest in the conflict.

This book is an invaluable resource for scholars seeking to understand cinema’s role in re-evaluating war and reconstructing international memory.

Nicole Beth Wallenbrock is Assistant Professor of French and Francophone Studies at Hostos Community College of the City University of New York, USA.

List of Figures
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The Twentieth-Century Screen Geography of the Franco-Algerian War
2. The Algerian Revolution in Three Transnational Documentaries: Algérie Tours/detours (Oriane Brun-Moschetti and Leïla Morouche, 2006), La Chine est encore loin (China Is Still Far Away, Malek Bensmaïl, 2008), and Fidaï (Damien Ounouri, 2012)
3. The Specter of Torture and Atomic Bombs: L’Ennemi intime (The Intimate Enemy, Florent-Emilio Siri, 2007) and Djinns (Stranded, Hughes and Sandra Martin, 2010)
4. Reclaiming the Screen Algerian Revolution: Cartouches Gauloises (Summer of ’62, Mehdi Charef, 2006), Hors-la-loi (Outside the Law, Rachid Bouchareb, 2010), and Les Folles Années du Twist (The Crazy Years of the Twist, Mahmoud Zemmouri, 1986)
5. A Scission in the Memory of the Franco-Algerian War: Mesrine Part I: L’Instinct de Mort (Killer Instinct), Part II: L’Ennemi Public No. 1 (Public Enemy No.1, Jean-Paul Richet, 2008)
6. Revolution through Utopian Dialectics: Une si jeune paix (So Young a Peace, Jacques Charby, 1965) and Loubia Hamra (Bloody Beans, Narimane Mari, 2013)
Conclusion
Appendix Timeline: Algeria and France 1827-2019
Bibliography
Filmography
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	21.02.2020
Reihe/Serie	War, Culture and Society
Zusatzinfo	12 bw illus
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	490 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Zeitgeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
ISBN-10	1-4742-6280-5 / 1474262805
ISBN-13	978-1-4742-6280-4 / 9781474262804
Zustand	Neuware