The politics of memory in Alsace: Nationalisation and gender in the aftermath of the Second World War

边境地区界定了国家主权的界限和民族社区的边界，是界定民族的关键空间（Donnan，Berdahl，1999）。在法国和德国之间，阿尔萨斯在法国和德国的国家建设中发挥了核心作用，在1870年至1945年期间四次改变国籍。因此，阿尔萨斯人与这两个民族有着共同的民族认同的文化因素。在每一次冲突（1870-1871，1914-1918，1939-1940）之后，使用宣传和艺术，两个民族国家都需要证明阿尔萨斯人有足够的共同价值观和行为来融入国家。1945年后，法国当局通过建立记忆王国来促进阿尔萨斯的民族认同。然而，在法国和德国的国家纪念馆促进了加剧的男性气质，女性气质是在阿尔萨斯纪念的前列。在阿尔萨斯南部（上莱茵省），在110个代表人物的战争纪念馆中，有78个是妇女。本研究分析并比较了战后阿尔萨斯、法国和德国的记忆政治，揭示了阿尔萨斯性别的突出地位、其作为国有化工具的用途以及与过去达成协议的中心地位。

Defining the limits of state sovereignty and borders of a national community, borderlands are crucial spaces for the definition of nations (Donnan, Berdahl, 1999). In-between France and Germany, Alsace played a central role in French and German nation-building, changing nationality fourfold between 1870 and 1945. Alsatians, therefore, shared cultural elements of national identity with both nations. After each conflict (1870-1871, 1914-1918, 1939-1940) using propaganda, and the arts, both nation-states needed to demonstrate that Alsatians shared enough values and behaviours to be integrated into the nation. After 1945, French authorities promoted national identity in Alsace through the creation of realms of memory. However, where French and German national memorials promote an exacerbated masculinity, femininity is at the forefront of Alsatian remembrance. In southern Alsace (Haut-Rhin) out of 110 war memorials representing human characters, 78 are women. This research analyses and compares post-war politics of memory in Alsace, France, and Germany, unravelling the prominence of gender in Alsace, its uses as a nationalisation tool, and centrality to coming to terms with the past.