Antiracist memories

The case of 17 October 1961 in historical perspective

Bibliographic Data

ID12280394
AuthorsJim House (corresponding author)
Year2001
Volume9
Issue3
Pages355-368
Publication date2001-08-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueModern & Contemporary France (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0963-9489 • E-ISSN: 1469-9869
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09639480120065999
OpenAlexW2035310025
LanguageEN
Citations received8
References cited22

This article examines the causes and subsequent cover-up of the massacre of Algerians by French security forces on 17 October 1961, and assesses the place and symbolic importance the memory of this massacre has come to occupy within Algerian immigrant communities and antiracist groups since the 1970s. These groups have actively campaigned for official recognition of the extent of and responsibility for the massacre. Finally, the article reflects on the way in which the 17 October massacre is often discussed in relation to Vichy, and the ambivalent conclusions which can be drawn from this in relation to France's coming-to-terms with its colonial past

Ambivalence · Art · Colonialism · Cover (algebra · Immigration · Perspective (graphical · Political science · Psychoanalysis · Relation (database · Sociology · Visual arts · Communism, Protests, Social Movements · Critical Theory and Political Philosophy · Gender Studies · History · Law · North African History and Literature · Psychology

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