found: Work cat.: Howell, Jennifer. The Algerian War in French-language comics : postcolonial memory, history, and subjectivity, 2015:p. xviii (Contrary to other wars in French and Algerian history, the Algerian War has irrevocably marked national history and collective memory) p. xix (Particularly in the late 1990s, France began to regularly modify its national history curriculum so as to acknowledge the existence of--or perhaps even to confirm--a French collective memory of the war.) p. xxiii (Comics on the Algerian War fill a specific need in French society precisely because they highlight trauma and the disruption and/or displacement of identities. Frequently authored by subsequent generation "survivors," these comics are rooted in France's current memory wars related to Algeria) p. xxvii (As public opinion and therefore collective memory are constantly evolving, a study of the Algerian War in the history of the (comic) book provides a platform for examining what Stora terms the "ajustement mémoriel" [memorial adjustment] in French society, meaning the diverse ways in which each generation and even segments of the same generation remember the war) p. xxviii (Comics provide an interesting alternative to textbook representations because they draw from many of the same source materials yet produce narratives that are significantly different. Textbooks are genre-bound and central to official projects looking to create the illusion of national coherence. Although contemporary politics influence the production of both textbooks and comics, comics exist outside of official channels (i.e., their publication is not mandated for use in the classroom). If comics rely on conventional vectors of memory transmission like national education, the family, and mainstream media, they can also create new and productive dialogues using these same vectors in ways unavailable to traditional textbooks) (OCoLC)1249712174
