The transistor during the Algerian war
Brazzoduro, Andrea
The transistor during the Algerian war - 2024.
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The transistor radio is an iconic object of the Algerian War. If Frantz Fanon immediately understood its “exceptional importance” in the fight for independence, the new technology entered French political history with the military putsch of April 1961. The article focuses on the function of an “object” that deeply marks the “war culture” specific to this conflict, particularly the experience of French draftees.
The transistor during the Algerian war - 2024.
32
The transistor radio is an iconic object of the Algerian War. If Frantz Fanon immediately understood its “exceptional importance” in the fight for independence, the new technology entered French political history with the military putsch of April 1961. The article focuses on the function of an “object” that deeply marks the “war culture” specific to this conflict, particularly the experience of French draftees.
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