Late-colonial French cinema : filming the Algerian War of Independence / Mani Sharpe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sharpe, Mani, author.

Series:

Traditions in world cinema.

Traditions in world cinema

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures--France--History--20th century.

Motion pictures.

Postcolonialism in motion pictures.

Algeria--History--Revolution, 1954-1962--In motion pictures.

Algeria.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 266 pages) : illustrations (black and white), digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2023.

Summary:

This text offers a sustained analysis of a cluster of French films made during, and in response to, the Algerian War of Independence.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

FIGURES

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

TRADITIONS IN WORLD CINEMA

INTRODUCTION

PART I SOLDIERS

1. CONSCRIPTS AND RESERVISTS, PRIVATISATION AND REDEMPTION

2. STARDOM, ATROCITY AND THE BEAUTY OF VIOLENCE

3. MILITARISED MASCULINITY AND ITS LOSSES

PART II OTHERS

4. EX-RESISTANTS, CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS AND THE ETHICS OF MEMORY

5. FEMALE CITIZENS AND GUILT DISPLACEMENT

6. THE WAR AS SEEN FROM ALGERIA BY THE SETTLERS

7. THE WAR AS SPOKEN BY ALGERIANS AND THE LEFT

CONCLUSION

BIBLIOGRAPHY

FILMOGRAPHY

Index

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2023.

Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on May 2, 2023).

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Other Format:

Print version: Sharpe, Mani Late-Colonial French Cinema

ISBN:

1-4744-1424-9

1-4744-1423-0

OCLC:

1352974425