The Town of Vichy and the Politics of Identity: Stigma, Victimhood and Decline (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9783030931964)

This book explores the contours of civic identity in the town of Vichy, France. Over the course of its history, Vichy has been known for three things: its thermal spa resort; its products (especially Vichy water and Vichy cosmetics); and its role in hosting the ﾉtat Fran軋is, France's collaborationist government in the Second World War. This last association has become an obsession for the residents of Vichy, who feel stigmatized and victimized by the widespread habit of referring to France's wartime government as the 'Vichy regime'. This book argues that the stigma, victimhood, and decline suffered by Vichyssois are best understood by placing Vichy's politics of identity in a broader historical context that considers corporate, as well as social and cultural, history.

Author: Kirrily Freeman
ISBN-10: 303093196X
ISBN-13: 9783030931964
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Language: English
Published: 02/01/2022
Pages: 139
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.76lbs
Size: 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.44d