Oscherwitz, Dayna, 1970-

Past forward French cinema and the post-colonial heritage / [electronic resource] : Dayna Oscherwitz. - Carbondale [Ill.] : Southern Illinois University Press, c2010. - ix, 211 p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical references and index. Includes filmography.

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.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

0809385880 (electronic bk.) 9780809385881 (electronic bk.)




Motion pictures--History--France--20th century.
Historical films--History and criticism.--France
National characteristics, French, in motion pictures.
Imperialism in motion pictures.
Collective memory--France.


Electronic books.

PN1993.5.F7 / O838 2010

791.430944