Source : ABES [http://www.idref.fr/033702462/id] - theses.fr, 27/01/2022“Resurfacing of the repressed past”, “war of memories”, “competitions of victims”: since the 1990s, the issue of collective memory has entered the public debate, especially when it comes to the role of immigrants in the national narrative.The idea that there would be a “need for memory” with regards to immigration —from immigrants and their offspring but also from French society at large— has become obvious. As a result, it has increasingly called the attention of public authorities and of a variety of social actors (academics, artists, memory activists, …)Based on a...