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Table of Contents
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List of Figures |
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Preface |
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Reconnaissance |
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Film and History |
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Theory: The Toolbox Approach |
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Strategies |
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Chapter 1: Literary Appropriation |
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J’Accuse: New Uses for Old Verses |
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Une affaire de femmes: Adapting the Past for the Present |
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Making Connections |
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Chapter 2: Allegory |
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La Grande Illusion : Chimeras of Equality |
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Les Visiteurs du soir: Dreaming the Occupation |
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In Search of a New Mythology |
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Chapter 3: Myth |
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La Bataille du rail: “The Mythic Film of the Resistance” |
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The Battle of Algiers: History as Camouflage |
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Distortions and Advancements |
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Chapter 4: Artificial Myth |
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L’Armée des ombres: Melvillian Resistancialism |
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Le Chagrin et la pitié: Seek Your Own Truth |
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Legacies of May 1968 |
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Chapter 5: Experiments in History |
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Laissez-passer: New History and Old Myths |