TOWN OF VICHY AND THE POLITICS OF IDENTITY : stigma, victimhood and decline.

TOWN OF VICHY AND THE POLITICS OF IDENTITY : stigma, victimhood and decline.

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Author / Creator:	FREEMAN, KIRRILY.
Imprint:	[S.l.] : PALGRAVE MACMILLAN, 2022.
Description:	1 volume : illustrations (colour) ; 21 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Political culture -- France -- Vichy -- History. National characteristics, French -- Political aspects. World War, 1939-1945 -- France -- Vichy. National characteristics, French -- Political aspects. Political culture. Politics and government. Vichy (France) -- History. Vichy (France) -- Politics and government -- 20th century. France -- Vichy. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12716816

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ISBN:	303093196X 9783030931964 9783030931971 (PDF ebook)
Summary:	This book explores the contours of civic identity in the town of Vichy, France. Over the course of its history, Vichy has been known for three things: its thermal spa resort; its products (especially Vichy water and Vichy cosmetics); and its role in hosting the Etat Francais, Frances collaborationist government in the Second World War. This last association has become an obsession for the residents of Vichy, who feel stigmatized and victimized by the widespread habit of referring to Frances wartime government as the 'Vichy regime'. This book argues that the stigma, victimhood, and decline suffered by Vichyssois are best understood by placing Vichys politics of identity in a broader historical context that considers corporate, as well as social and cultural, history. Kirrily Freeman is Professor of History at Saint Marys University in Halifax, Canada. Her publications include Bronzes to Bullets: Vichy and the Destruction of French Public Statuary (2009) and Reading the Postwar Future: Textual Turning Points from 1944 (2019), edited with John Munro.
Other form:	ebook version : 9783030931971

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Summary:	This book explores the contours of civic identity in the town of Vichy, France. Over the course of its history, Vichy has been known for three things: its thermal spa resort; its products (especially Vichy water and Vichy cosmetics); and its role in hosting the État Français, France's collaborationist government in the Second World War. This last association has become an obsession for the residents of Vichy, who feel stigmatized and victimized by the widespread habit of referring to France's wartime government as the 'Vichy regime'. This book argues that the stigma, victimhood, and decline suffered by Vichyssois are best understood by placing Vichy's politics of identity in a broader historical context that considers corporate, as well as social and cultural, history.
Physical Description:	1 volume : illustrations (colour) ; 21 cm
ISBN:	303093196X 9783030931964 9783030931971