Mutinous memories : a subjective history of French military protest in 1919 / Matt Perry.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Perry, Matt, 1967- author.

Series:

Studies in modern French and Francophone history.

Studies in modern French and Francophone history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mutiny--France--History--20th century.

Mutiny.

Protest movements--France--History--20th century.

Protest movements.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 209 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2025.

Summary:

Based on official records and the testimony of dozens of participants, this is the first study to try to understand the world of the mutineers. Examining their words for the traces of sensory perceptions, emotions and thought processes, the book reveals that the conventional understanding of the mutinies as the result of simple war-weariness and low morale is inadequate. In fact, an emotional gulf separated officers and the ranks, who simply did not speak the same language. The revolt entailed emotional sequences ending in a deep ambivalence and sense of despair or regret. Taking this into account, Matt Perry considers how mutineer memories persisted after the events in the face of official censorship, repression and the French Communist Party's co-option of the mutiny.

Contents:

Sensing mutiny

Mutinous emotion

A mutineers' world : transnationalism and the sense of place

Age, time and personal memory

Associational memory.

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2019.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record and information supplied online (viewed on January 7, 2026).

ISBN:

9781526114136

1526114135

9781526144546

1526144549

9781526114129

1526114127

OCLC:

1101101144