| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 274 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Gender and culture |
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Gender and culture.
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| Contents |
Endings and beginnings (1918-1930) -- Transatlantic crossings, translational politics (1930-1935) -- Moving rightward (1935-1940) -- Stein's war: "having faith" in Pétain (1940-1944) -- Faÿ's war: winners and losers (1940-1946) -- Vichy-sur-léman |
| Summary |
In 1941, Jewish American writer and avant-garde icon Gertrude Stein embarked on one of the strangest intellectual projects of her life: translating for an American audience the speeches of Marshal Philippe Pétain, head of state for the collaborationist Vichy government. From 1941 to 1943, Stein translated thirty-two speeches in which Pétain outlines the Vichy policy barring Jews and other ""foreign elements"" from the public sphere and calls for France to reconcile with Nazi occupiers. Unlikely Collaboration pursues a troubling question: Why and under what circumstances would Stein |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Stein, Gertrude, 1874-1946 -- Friends and associates
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Faÿ, Bernard, 1893-1978 -- Friends and associates
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| SUBJECT |
Faÿ, Bernard, 1893-1978 fast |
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Stein, Gertrude, 1874-1946 fast |
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Politics and literature -- France -- History -- 20th century
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General.
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Friendship
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Intellectual life
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Politics and literature
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Intellektuella -- attityder till -- fascism -- Frankrike.
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Intellektuella -- attityder till -- fascism -- Förenta staterna.
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| SUBJECT |
France -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85051442
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| Subject |
France
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Frankrike -- intellektuellt liv -- 1900-talet.
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2011013191 |
| ISBN |
9780231526418 |
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0231526415 |
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