| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 274 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Gender and culture
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Gender and culture.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Stein, Gertrude, 1874-1946 -- Friends and associates.
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Stein, Gertrude, 1874-1946. |
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Friends and associates. |
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Faÿ, Bernard, 1893-1978 -- Friends and associates.
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Stein, Gertrude, 1874-1946. |
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Faÿ, Bernard, 1893-1978. |
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Faÿ, Bernard, 1893- |
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Politics and literature -- France -- History -- 20th century.
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Politics and literature. |
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France. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
France -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.
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Intellectual life. |
| Chronological Term |
1900 - 1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Will, Barbara. Unlikely collaboration. New York : Columbia University Press, ©2011 9780231152624 (DLC) 2011013191 (OCoLC)711959819 |
| ISBN |
9780231526418 (electronic book) |
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0231526415 (electronic book) |
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9780231152624 |
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0231152620 |
| Music No. |
EB00662655 Recorded Books |
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