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Article: Memory and the politics of forgetting Paris, the Commune and the 1878 Exposition universelle.
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- Journal of European Studies
- Article date:
- March 1, 2005
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This study focuses on the representation of Paris during the 1878 Exposition universelle (World Fair) and the Fete du 30 juin (Festival of 30 June) in a selection of articles in the popular, conservative, illustrated journal Le Monde illustre and Charles Marville's specially commissioned photographic exhibits, Le Vieux Paris (Bygone Paris) and Travaux (Public Works). A close reading of these texts and images reveals that while Marville's collection of juxtaposed photographs conforms to the officially promoted view of the city as a modern, healthy and hygienic metropolis and, as such, constitutes an effective denial of the memory of Communard Paris, the ironies and ...