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'In this profound study of a moment in the political imagination of the Left in France, Dell demonstrates that the notion of a struggle for freedom is at the same time a struggle for an image, or a struggle over imagery that is embedded in specific modes of production and reproduction. In its rigorous pursuit of the double meaning of representation in modernity, this remarkable book will inform not only our understanding of the rise and fall of the Popular Front in France in the 1930s, but also of the violently contested representations in today's society of the spectacle.' - Dr Neil Cox, University of Essex
'This fascinating and audacious study emphasizes complex interactions between parliamentary parties, the masses and the media. Tracing the Popular Front's rise and fall, it analyses the images that surrounded left-wing responses to the riot of 1934, the formation of a coalition government in May 1936, tensions resulting from the Spanish Civil War and the failed general strike of November 1938.' - Times Literary Supplement
'...this contribution to the study of political imagery will be welcomed by specialists on interwar France, not least for its suggestion of new sources and avenues for research.' - Jessica Wardhaugh, Modern and Contemporary France
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Book Title: The Image of the Popular Front
Book Subtitle: The Masses and the Media in Interwar France
Authors: Simon Dell
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230286955
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)
Copyright Information: Simon Dell 2007
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-00328-6Published: 17 November 2006
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-28695-5Published: 17 November 2006
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 201
Number of Illustrations: 31 b/w illustrations
Topics: European History, Modern History, Social History, Cultural History, History of France