Paris and the Right in the Twentieth Century

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Certain images of Paris have become icons for the left, but the Paris of the right has received far less attention. This groundbreaking collection of essays examines the relationship between Paris and the right in the twentieth century, exploring how political leaders and parties have depicted and controlled the streets, people and history of Paris, and how the city has been both context and inspiration for journalists and novelists of the right. The first part focuses on the relationship between the right, the street and the people, and describes some of the most contentious political movements in recent French history, from the anti-parliamentary leagues of the Belle Époque to the contemporary Front National. The second part examines the importance of Paris for de Gaulle and his successors in their exercise of authority and control, whether in the media, the streets, or municipal politics. Lastly, the book explores the Paris imagined and experienced by right-wing novelists from Charles Maurras to the post-war Hussards , mapping out an intellectual topography and emphasising the tensions between a real and imaginary city. A Franco-British collaboration spanning history, literary studies and political science, this volume offers an original contribution to the political geography, culture and symbolism of the French capital. Table of Contents Acknowledgements List of abbreviations Introduction • Jessica Wardhaugh Part I: The Right, The Street and The People 1. From Thoissey to the Capital via Fashoda: Major Marchand, Partisan Icon of the Right in Paris • Berny Sèbe 2. Fighting for the Streets of Paris during the Popular Front, 1934–1938 • Jessica Wardhaugh 3. The Front National and Paris • Elisabeth Dupoirier Part II: Authority and Control 4. One Nation, One State, One Television: Making Sense of de Gaulle’s Broadcasting Policy • Jean K. Chalaby 5. Controlling the Streets in May 1968 • Daniel A. Gordon 6. Municipal Reform and Political Enterprise in the 1980s: Jacques Chirac and the Paris–Marseilles–Lyons Law • Melody Houk Part III: Paris Imagined 7. “Entre le Louvre et la Bastille”: The Topology, Sociology and Mythology of Paris in the Works of Charles Maurras • Bruno Goyet 8. Robert Brasillach and Paris: Paradise Lost • Peter Tame 9. L’Épuration: The Intervention of Simone de Beauvoir • Imogen Long 10. “Du Côté de chez Blondin”: The Imaginary Paris of the Hussards • Nicholas Hewitt Bibliography Contributors Index