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Abstract
The brutal police repression of the demonstration of 17 October 1961 stands as a stark reminder of the violence of French colonialism. A continuing official reluctance to acknowledge these traumatic events has led individuals and groups to seek alternative routes for recognition. This article explores one of these alternative routes: the comic book, and specifically Octobre Noir, a collaboration between writer Didier Daeninckx and graphic artist Mako. By analyzing the reframing of 17 October 1961 within the comic form, this article argues that Octobre noir offers a site for interrogating the relationship between history and memory. This is achieved by exchanging a cultural narrative of police brutality and Algerian victimization for a narrative of legitimate protest and Algerian political agency. Octobre noir exemplifies the value of the comic book as a vector of memory able to represent the past in ways that enrich historical analysis and inter disciplinary debate.
Item Type: | Article |
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Date Type: | Publication |
Status: | Published |
Schools: | Modern Languages |
Publisher: | Berghahn Journals |
ISSN: | 1537-6370 |
Date of First Compliant Deposit: | 2 May 2017 |
Date of Acceptance: | 2 May 2017 |
Last Modified: | 04 May 2023 08:11 |
URI: | https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/100227 |
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