Contesting Views
The Visual Economy of France and Algeria
Distributed for Liverpool University Press
236 pages
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16 color plates
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6 x 9
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© 2013
Over fifty years after Algerian independence from France, Franco-Algerian relationships and the complexities of the colonial legacy remain a key concern for many citizens in both countries. In Contesting Views, Joseph McGonagle and Edward Welch explore the significant role visual culture has had in mitigating this fraught relationship. They trace the circulation of and connections between a diverse range of still and moving images from both sides of the Mediterranean, offering a new understanding of the postcolonial experience in Europe and North Africa and wider contemporary geopolitics as they play out in visual culture.
Contents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Visualising the Franco-Algerian Relationship
I. Algerian Pasts in the French Public Sphere
1. Wish We Were There: Nostalgic (Re)visions of France’s Algerian Past
2. Visions of History: Looking Back at the Algerian War
3. Out of the Shadows: The Visual Career of 17 October 1961
II. Mapping Franco-Algerian Borders in Contemporary Visual Culture
4. War Child: Memory, Childhood and Algerian Pasts in Recent French Film
5. Bridging the Gap: Representations of the Mediterranean Sea
6. A Sense of Place: Envisioning Post-Colonial Space in France and Algeria
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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