National Policy, Global Memory : : The Commemoration of the “Righteous” from Jerusalem to Paris, 1942-2007 / / Sarah Gensburger.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2016
• VerfasserIn: Gensburger, Sarah,
• Place / Publishing House: New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2016]; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Series: Berghahn Monographs in French Studies ; 15
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (228 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --; INTRODUCTION From “The Righteous among the Nations” to the “Righteous of France” --; Chapter 1 MEMORY AS AN INSTRUMENT OF FOREIGN POLICY? --; Chapter 2 MEMORY ENTREPRENEURS AND THE FRENCH SPACE --; Chapter 3 MEMORY PUBLIC POLICY AND TRANSFERS --; Chapter 4 THE NATIONAL DAY AS A PUBLIC POLICY INSTRUMENT --; Chapter 5 SOCIAL NORMS AND MEMORIAL CATEGORIES --; Chapter 6 MEMORY POLICY AND INSTITUTIONS --; EPILOGUE The “Righteous of France” in the Pantheon --; CONCLUSION Memory Politics as Public Policy --; APPENDIX A: METHODOLOGY AND CORPUS --; APPENDIX B Detailed References of Official Texts --; BIBLIOGRAPHY --; INDEX
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781785332555; 9783110998221
• DOI: 10.1515/9781785332555?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Sarah Gensburger.

Since 1963, the state of Israel has awarded the title of “Righteous among the Nations” to individuals who risked their lives sheltering Jews during the Holocaust. This distinction remained solely an Israeli initiative until the late 1990s, when European governments began developing their own national categories, the most prominent of which was the “Righteous of France,” honoring those who protected Jews during the Vichy regime. In National Policy, Global Memory, Sarah Gensburger uses this dramatic episode to lend a new perspective to debates over memory and nationhood. In particular, she works to combine two often divergent disciplines—memory studies and political science—to study “memory politics” as a form of public policy.