The Return of the Republic

Bibliographic Data

ID4873704
AuthorsHanna Diamond (Cardiff University, corresponding author)
Year2019
Volume37
Issue1
Pages90-116
Publication date2019-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueFrench Politics Culture & Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1537-6370 • E-ISSN: 1558-5271
PublisherBerghahn Books (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.3167/fpcs.2019.370106
OpenAlexW2805609551
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited5

During the Liberation of Toulouse, crowd photography dominated the local press rather than the scenes of combat and barricades that marked coverage in Paris and elsewhere. This article shows how crowd photography contributed to a common construction of republicanism across the Toulouse press and exhibitions. It argues that the circulation of these images not only communicated the message that the "people" were once again sovereign, but also implied that these populations had been instrumental in their liberation, thereby contributing to the mythology of "la France résistante." Editors mobilized crowd photography to convey to viewers the importance of adopting their republican roles at a time of community reconstruction. Reading the photography of the Liberation of Toulouse reveals that while photographic messaging in Liberation France varied in line with local circumstances, it nonetheless played a potent role in contributing to democratic resurgence

Art · Democracy · Exhibition · Liberation · Literature · Media studies · Mythology · Photography · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Visual arts · European Political History Analysis · French Historical and Cultural Studies · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis · History · Law

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