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Author: Keren Chiaroni (Victoria University of Welington, New Zealand)
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint: Routledge
Weight: 0.500kg
ISBN: 9781138331976
ISBN 10: 113833197
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 27 July 2018
Audience:
College/higher education
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Tertiary & Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
In this book I found the Madeleine I know so well: dynamic, acerbic and as rebellious as ever. Chiaroni presents an unvarnished portrait of Madeleine Riffaud. As well as being an anti colonialist, poet, resistante, and war correspondent, Riffaud is also a thoroughly contemporary rebel who could be considered exemplary by all who seek to fight against injustice and inequality - these are our real enemies in a conflicted world. Philippe Rostan Filmmaker and Director, award winning director of Les Trois Guerres de Madeleine Riffaud (2010) This work has entirely achieved its objective. It offers readers a biography without descending into hagiography, and succeeds in making the links between one individual's story and the greater story of history. It is also a pleasure to read. Olivier Wieviorka, scholar of Second World War History and professor of history at the Ecole Normale Superieure de Cachan, author of : Histoire de la Resistance: 1940-1945, Perrin, 2013 (prix Francois-Joseph Audifred de l'Academie des Sciences Morales et politiques, novembre 2013, prix Eugene Colas de l'Academie francaise, juin 2014)
In this book I found the Madeleine I know so well: dynamic, acerbic and as rebellious as ever. Chiaroni presents an unvarnished portrait of Madeleine Riffaud. As well as being an anti colonialist, poet, resistante, and war correspondent, Riffaud is also a thoroughly contemporary rebel who could be considered exemplary by all who seek to fight against injustice and inequality - these are our real enemies in a conflicted world. Philippe Rostan Filmmaker and Director, award winning director of Les Trois Guerres de Madeleine Riffaud (2010) This work has entirely achieved its objective. It offers readers a biography without descending into hagiography, and succeeds in making the links between one individual's story and the greater story of history. It is also a pleasure to read. Olivier Wieviorka, scholar of Second World War History and professor of history at the Ecole Normale Superieure de Cachan, author of : Histoire de la Resistance: 1940-1945, Perrin, 2013 (prix Francois-Joseph Audifred de l'Academie des Sciences Morales et politiques, novembre 2013, prix Eugene Colas de l'Academie francaise, juin 2014)
Author Information
Keren Chiaroni is Programme Director for French in the School of Languages and Cultures at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. Her research interests include cultural/war history and design for performance. She is the author of The Last of the Human Freedoms (2011) and Editor for the Pacific in the World Scenography Project, vols I and II (OISTAT and York University, 2012, 2014).
