Raboin, T;
(2020)
Lorraine noir: Didier Daeninckx and the writing of deindustrialisation.
Contemporary French Civilization
, 45
(2)
pp. 211-227.
10.3828/cfc.2020.12.
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Abstract
This article studies Didier Daeninckx as a writer of deindustrialization. In the novelPlay-Back(1986) and in short stories such as “Traverse no 28” (1998), he weaves a multifaceted critique of France as haunted by its industrial past. Daeninckx's first tool is to write a noir history of deindustrialization, thus producing a subaltern history of Lorraine. Reflecting on the uses of memory (and of his own work in that regard), Daeninckx also writes a criticism of the nascent business of industrial heritage. Finally, this article appraises Daeninckx's critique by examining his writing's nostalgia for a lost industrial world, as well as its denunciation of postindustrial subjectivations.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Lorraine noir: Didier Daeninckx and the writing of deindustrialisation |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.3828/cfc.2020.12 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.3828/cfc.2020.12 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities > SELCS |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10094549 |
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