| Title |
Changing memory regimes: remembering vichy and algerian war in france / |
| Translation of Title |
Atminties režimų kaita: prisimenant Viši ir Alžyro karą Prancūzijoje. |
| Authors |
Ulichina, Inesa |
| Full Text |
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| Pages |
61 |
| Keywords [eng] |
memory regime change, vectors of memory, Vichy France, Algerian war, repressed memories |
| Abstract [eng] |
A majority of academic research on national memory is dedicated to single case studies and out of the few existing comparative frameworks for analysis of national memory regimes, none is applicable to the Western countries. This thesis attempts to make a step towards creating such theory by using a snowballing outwards strategy. It aims to explain how and why memory regimes change in France. By modifying and expanding Henry Rousso’s scheme of Vichy memory transformation and applying it to the Algerian war memory, this thesis finds that memory regimes of Vichy and Algerian war followed a similar path of change, from repression of difficult memories of perpetration towards their acknowledgement and normalisation. It also reveals the often overlooked role of cultural and scholarly vectors of memory besides the official ones in transformation of memory regimes. Finally, it presents causal mechanisms that explain why memory regimes change the way they do. The findings of the thesis make a compelling case for a further application of the theoretical scheme for cases beyond France and take the development of the theory of memory regime change one step further. |
| Dissertation Institution |
Vilniaus universitetas. |
| Type |
Master thesis |
| Language |
English |
| Publication date |
2020 |
