Blue Shirts
"In his book Les chemises bleues, Hugues Theoret [covers] a very serious subject: the life of Adrien Arcand, an intellectual and militant anti-Semite between 1930 and 1960 ... , producing a patient, nuanced, humanist, and contextualized narrative. Without a trace of sterile polemic, overinterpretation or an overly personal position, this book is an invaluable resource for understanding, from a Quebecois and Canadian perspective, a phenomenon that recurs throughout human history and that is not confined to Europe: hate speech." -- Canada Prize 2014 Jury
While Adolf Hitler was seizing power in Germany, Adrien Arcand was laying the foundations in Quebec for his Parti national social chretien. The Blue Shirts, as its members were called, wore a military uniform and prominently displayed the swastika. Les mer
Detaljer
- Forlag
- University of Ottawa Press
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- ISBN
- 9780776624679
- Utgivelsesår
- 2017
- Format
- 23 x 15 cm
- Priser
- Winner of Foreword Indies Book of the Year Awards in World History category 2017 United States and IPPY Awards Independent Publisher Book Awards 2018 United States and Vine Awards for Canadian Jewish Literature History 2018 Canada.
Anmeldelser
"In his book Les chemises bleues, Hugues Theoret [covers] a very serious subject: the life of Adrien Arcand, an intellectual and militant anti-Semite between 1930 and 1960 ... , producing a patient, nuanced, humanist, and contextualized narrative. Without a trace of sterile polemic, overinterpretation or an overly personal position, this book is an invaluable resource for understanding, from a Quebecois and Canadian perspective, a phenomenon that recurs throughout human history and that is not confined to Europe: hate speech." -- Canada Prize 2014 Jury