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Melancholy politics : loss, mourning, and memory in late modern France /

"A study of the cultural politics of loss and mourning in France from 1978 to the present. Focuses on national identity, secularism, Jacobin republicanism, and political-cultural exceptionalism"--Provided by publisher.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mathy, Jean-Philippe
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, [2011]
Subjects:
France > Politics and government > 1958-
Politics and culture > France.
Loss (Psychology) > Political aspects > France.
Grief > Political aspects > France.
Collective memory > Political aspects > France.
Nationalism > France.
Secularism > France.
Republicanism > France.
Jacobins > France.
Exceptionalism > France.
Description
Summary:"A study of the cultural politics of loss and mourning in France from 1978 to the present. Focuses on national identity, secularism, Jacobin republicanism, and political-cultural exceptionalism"--Provided by publisher.
Physical Description:237 pages ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780271037837 (cloth : alk. paper)
0271037830 (cloth : alk. paper)