Clarke, J. (2015) Closing time: deindustrialization and nostalgia in contemporary France. History Workshop Journal, 79(1), pp. 107-125. (doi: 10.1093/hwj/dbu041)
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Abstract
This article explores the cultural politics of nostalgia for industry in the context of deindustrialization. It analyses interviews with female factory workers who lost their jobs when the French domestic appliance company, Moulinex, went bust in 2001, and it situates these in the context of the meanings ascribed to these factory closures (and deindustrialization more generally) by professionals, politicians and the media. The article suggests that the nostalgia of ex-Moulinex workers can be read as a critique of managerial change and a response to dominant representations which served to naturalize the neo-liberal economy and disqualify the voices of industrial workers by consigning them to the past.
| Item Type: | Articles |
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| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Clarke, Dr Jackie |
| Authors: | Clarke, J. |
| College/School: | College of Arts & Humanities > School of Modern Languages and Cultures > French |
| Journal Name: | History Workshop Journal |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| ISSN: | 1363-3554 |
| ISSN (Online): | 1477-4569 |
| Copyright Holders: | Copyright © 2015 Oxford University Press |
| First Published: | First published in History Workshop Journal 79(1):107-125 |
| Publisher Policy: | Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. |
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