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‘Everybody to be armed’: Italian naval personnel and the Axis occupation of Bordeaux, 1940–1943
Get PDFBordeaux remains marked by ‘l’occupation’. Huge U-boat pens dominate the maritime districts of the city, an imposing reminder of the city\u27s painful history. While such monuments maintain the memory of the German occupation, the Italian wartime presence in the city has been overlooked. Yet the Italian naval garrison had a huge influence on Bordeaux life. This article explores these relationships from the words of captured Italians, whose private conversations reveal how their actions were defined by violence and exploitation. This is a view of Italian soldiery that undermines the myth of the \u27brava gente\u27 – a people untainted by the brutality of war
Robert Forczyk, Case White: the Invasion of Poland, 1939 / Roger Moorhouse, First to Fight: the Polish War, 1939
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‘Le Freak, c’est Chic’: Decadence and Disco
Get PDFThe optimistic beats of 1970s and 1980s disco might seem a strange comparison to the decadent tradition’s obsession with rot. Decadent legacies are, however, to be found in disco, with the acknowledgment that decadence after the fin de siècle is difficult to explicitly label. This article investigates the influences of decadence on disco. It does so by exploring similarities between the two cultures: how they were conceived alongside ideas of decline, how they were both criticized as ‘other’, the relationship between nineteenth-century dandyism and late twentieth-century popular culture, and how both movements put emphasis upon refinement. This analysis builds upon existing studies that link decadence to twentieth-century popular culture, and sets itself apart by specifically examining decadence’s relationship to disco, a topic that remains largely undiscussed. Overall, this article suggests that, although it was a distinct culture with utopian elements, disco incorporated aspects of decadence and disseminated these into mainstream American society
