Children And Propaganda Il Etait Une Fois... Fiction And Fairy Tale In Vichy France

For the propagandists of Vichy France, children were both a target for indoctrination and a potent symbol of the innocent golden age of the French nation which the Revolution nationale was seeking to recover. This volume demonstrates how the everyday literature of youth was subverted to incorporate and extol the dominant ideologies of Petain and his supporters, and indeed to promote the more overtly anti-semitic and aggressive doctrines of Nazi sympathisers in Paris. The book shows how the narrative structures and content of children's fairy stories were accorded a privileged position in the propaganda of Vichy France in the expression and very conception of the Marechal's interpretation of the recent past and his vision of the future.Proud, Judith K. is the author of 'Children And Propaganda Il Etait Une Fois... Fiction And Fairy Tale In Vichy France', published 1995 under ISBN 9781871516838 and ISBN 1871516838.