| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 211 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Constructing memory : the history of heritage in France -- Family pictures : ancestry, nostalgia, and the French heritage film -- Heritage and its discontents : memory, history, and the expanding space of the past -- Memory's blind spots : immigration, integration, and the post-colonial heritage -- Recovered memories : diversity, history, and the expanding space of the past -- Conclusion : the fall of time and the rise of space from the post-colonial to the posthistorical. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Summary |
In Past Forward: French Cinema and the Post-Colonial Heritage, author Dayna Oscherwitz focuses on the world of French films with a new lens. Drawing upon a wealth of research and the examination of popular French movies, Oscherwitz offers fresh perspectives not only on the unique importance of motion pictures and their indelible influence on French character, but on current debates regarding individual and collective memory. Past Forward traces the development and ascension of the French heritage film--those historical and costume dramas focusing on prestigious French subjects, events, and settings. |
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Motion pictures -- France -- History -- 20th century.
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Historical films -- France -- History and criticism.
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National characteristics, French, in motion pictures.
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Imperialism in motion pictures.
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Collective memory -- France.
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- Reference.
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ART -- Film & Video.
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Collective memory. (OCoLC)fst01739814
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Historical films. (OCoLC)fst00958120
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Imperialism in motion pictures. (OCoLC)fst00968143
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Motion pictures. (OCoLC)fst01027285
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National characteristics, French, in motion pictures. (OCoLC)fst01033429
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France. (OCoLC)fst01204289
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| Chronological Term |
1900 - 1999
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Oscherwitz, Dayna, 1970- Past forward. Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, ©2010 9780809329960 (DLC) 2009052300 (OCoLC)489014419 |
| ISBN |
9780809385881 (electronic bk.) |
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0809385880 (electronic bk.) |
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