제이차세계대전 시기 프랑스에서 적을 사랑하기 / Loving the Enemy in France during World War Ⅱ : Relations, Children, and Punishments

International audienceAlthough the “femme fondue” (woman whose head was shaved for alleged collaboration) is a powerful image of the Liberation, few studies have analysed this issue, This practice was common and widespread in French territory between 1944 and 1945. During these head-shaving incidents, the bodies of women were actually put on display as a means of atonement. Beyond illustrating how the public took the law into its own hands, however, the description of “public shaving” reflects how unclear the lines were between public and private life during this period. This theatrical public display has opened the way to fantasy and sexuality. Symbolically head-shaving episodes represent a set of national rituals-the “sin” of collaboration, its “punishment” for purification, and a “vision of the future” toward reconstruction. This study allows us to understand the reason why these episodes occurred, as well as the underlying stakes in the re-appropriation of the bodies of the “tondue” specifically, and of women’s bodies in general