'Passing unnoticed in a French crowd' : the passing performances of British SOE agents in Occupied France
Pattinson, Juliette (2010) 'Passing unnoticed in a French crowd' : the passing performances of British SOE agents in Occupied France. National Identities, 12 (3). pp. 291-308.
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Abstract
This article examines the dissimulation, construction and assumption of national identities using as a case study male and female British agents who were infiltrated into Nazi-Occupied France during the Second World War. The British nationals recruited by the SOE's F section had, as a result of their upbringing, developed a French ‘habitus’ (linguistic skills, mannerisms and knowledge of customs) that enabled them to conceal their British paramilitary identities and ‘pass’ as French civilians. The article examines the diverse ways in which individuals attempted to construct French identities linguistically (through accent and use of vocabulary, slang and swear words), visually (through their physical appearance and clothing) and performatively (by behaving in particular ways).
Creators(s): | Pattinson, Juliette; | Item type: | Article |
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ID code: | 31922 |
Keywords: | France, British, French identities, passing, habitus, British identities, World War II, Environmental Science(all), Earth and Planetary Sciences(all) |
Subjects: | History General and Old World > History (General) > World War II |
Department: | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) > School of Humanities > History |
Depositing user: | Pure Administrator |
Date deposited: | 28 Jun 2011 13:43 |
Last modified: | 20 Feb 2021 01:57 |
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URI: | https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/31922 |
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