Star Faces and Star Bodies in an Age of Atrocity
Alain Cavalier's L'Insoumis and Mark Robson's Les Centurions
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5694116 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mani Sharpe (University of Leeds, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 74 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 55-70 |
| Publication date | 2020-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | French Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0016-1128 • E-ISSN: 1468-2931 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/fs/knz284 |
| OpenAlex | W2984650497 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 5 |
The Algerian War was a conflict that provoked a veritable litany of crises in French society: from 1954 (when nationalists fired the initial salvo against French settlers in Algeria), to 1962 (the point at which independence from colonialism was attained) — and beyond. A crisis, first of all, for the 1.2 million young male appelés forced to fight for a cause that they seldom understood, let alone cared about. A crisis, secondly, for a community of intellectuals split by the radicalization of identity politics carving up the country. Thirdly, for the Fourth and Fifth Republics, with the latter acting decisively to grant Algeria sovereignty where the former fatally vacillated. And finally, a crisis for a generation of directors such as Alain Cavalier and Mark Robson, who were confronted with the vexed question of how to narrate a war not only devoid of a name, but also fundamentally unpopular amongst the people in whose name it was being fought.1
Art · Astronomy · Contradiction · Epistemology · Ideology · Knight · Political science · Politics · Spectacle · Communism, Protests, Social Movements · French Historical and Cultural Studies · Law · North African History and Literature · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2021 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |