Restoring the Image of France in Britain, 1944–1947
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8959345 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Charlotte Faucher (0000-0002-3928-6857, University of Manchester, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 64 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 1428-1448 |
| Publication date | 2021-02-18 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Historical Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0018-246X • E-ISSN: 1469-5103 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0018246x21000017 |
| OpenAlex | W3127707742 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 38 |
At the end of the Second World War, British society's hostility and resentment towards France's military defeat and the French state's collaboration with Germany were strong. In order to deflate this enmity and thus prepare the ground to forge western European co-operation, the French and British governments co-operated and developed gendered public and media strategies within which citizens, and, in particular, former female resistance fighters, were central to the dissemination of positive images of France. This article takes seriously these strategies and adds nuance to understandings of modern foreign policy in terms of methods and actors. The article elaborates on neglected agents of diplomacy, such as female members of civil society, and the significance of rhetoric, gendered performance, and appearances that contributed to the restoration of the image of France in Britain. By doing so, the article also sheds light on the efforts of French and British authorities to construct a narrative of binational unity that disrupted the tenacious idea that Britain had fought alone during the war
Art · Diplomacy · Economic history · Hostility · Literature · Narrative · Order (exchange · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Resentment · Resistance (ecology · Rhetoric · Sociology · State (computer science · French Historical and Cultural Studies · Gender Studies · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis · History · Law · Psychology · World Wars: History, Literature, and Impact
The Cultural and Intellectual Rebuilding of France after the Second World War
Britain, France, and the Unity of Europe, 1945-1951
Issues in Cross-Cultural Interviewing
Free French Africa in World War II
Fighting the People's War
The Curious Feminist
Britain and France in Two World Wars
Faked News
Global culture fronts
A wartime partnership
Gender and French identity after the Second World War, 1944–1954
The Ben Pimlott Memorial Lecture 2017
On Tour with the Prince
From New Diplomatic History to New Political History
The Illusion of International Prestige
Techniques of persuasion
Dunkirk and the Popular Memory of Britain at War, 1940—58
After the Fall
From Gaullism to Anti-Gaullism
Careless Talk
Britain, France and the unity of Europe 1945–1951
Behind Enemy Lines
All the World Loves a Lover
The ‘Missing Dimension’
Staging Friendship
Women’s History and Oral History
Diplomacy As Theatre
John Grierson, his 'documentary boys' and the british ministry of information, 1939-1942
Capturing the Moment, Picturing History
Staging an Empire
Transnational Cultural Propaganda
Résistance et différence des sexes
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,25 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2022 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |