Past forward : French cinema and the post-colonial heritage /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Oscherwitz, Dayna, 1970-
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2010]
Subjects:	Collective memory > France. Imperialism in motion pictures. National characteristics, French, in motion pictures. Historical films > France > History and criticism. Motion pictures > France > History > 20th century. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of 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.