Abstract

L. Valensi — The Chronophagous King. The Construction of an Historical Consciousness in Postcolonial Morocco. This essay on the construction of collective memory in new states presents a case study of Morocco after it became independent in 1956. Based on a study of Moroccan newspapers, it shows how the free market of national symbols that prevailed in the early years of independence was enventually transformed into a monopoly of the monarch who used the past as one of the devices for his self celebration.

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