Renegotiating French Identity (English, Jane F. Fulcher)

About the Book

In Renegotiating French Identity , Jane Fulcher addresses the question of cultural resistance to the German occupation and Vichy regime during the Second World War. Nazi Germany famously stressed music as a marker of national identity and cultural achievement, but so too did Vichy. From the opera to the symphony, music did not only serve the interests of Vichy and German propaganda: it also helped to reveal the motives behind them, and to awaken…

ISBN: 9780190681500