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PublisherIndiana University Press
ISBN-100253010454
ISBN-139780253010452
eBay Product ID (ePID)167569417
Product Key Features
Number of Pages592 Pages
Publication NameColonial Culture in France since the Revolution
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2013
SubjectEurope / France, Africa / General, Imperialism, Customs & Traditions
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaPolitical Science, Social Science, History
AuthorAlexis Pernsteiner
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height2 in
Item Weight36.5 Oz
Item Length9.3 in
Item Width6.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2013-022926
Dewey Edition23
Reviews"Colonial Culture in France since the Revolution examines several aspects of French colonialism as well as its post-colonial heritage. The collection includes contributions by scholars and literary figures alike."--Charles Tshimanga-Kashama, University of Nevada, Reno "Overall, Colonial Culture in France is a very wellwritten book that showcases the potential benefits of multi-authorship as well as the ability of scholars to simultaneously reach both academic and non-academic audiences. It could be recommended to readers interested in various aspects of France's (post-)colonial history as well those seeking to understand contemporary French society, whether in the Élysée Palace or the banlieues of greater Paris."-- H-War, Colonial Culture in France since the Revolution examines several aspects of French colonialism as well as its post-colonial heritage. The collection includes contributions by scholars and literary figures alike., "Colonial Culture in France since the Revolution examines several aspects of French colonialism as well as its post-colonial heritage. The collection includes contributions by scholars and literary figures alike." -Charles Tshimanga-Kashama, University of Nevada, Reno, Colonial Culture in France since the Revolution examines several aspects of French colonialism as well as its post-colonial heritage. The collection includes contributions by scholars and literary figures alike.--Charles Tshimanga-Kashama, University of Nevada, Reno, "Colonial Culture in France since the Revolution examines several aspects of French colonialism as well as its post-colonial heritage. The collection includes contributions by scholars and literary figures alike." --Charles Tshimanga-Kashama, University of Nevada, Reno
Grade FromCollege Graduate Student
Dewey Decimal325.320944
Table Of ContentIntroduction: The Creation of a Colonial Culture in France, from the Colonial Era to the "Memory Wars" Part I. The Creation of a Colonial Culture Foreword: French Colonization: an Inaudible History 1. Anti-Slavery, Abolitionism, and Abolition in France from the End of the Eighteenth Century to the 1840s 2. Milestones in Colonial Culture under the Second Empire (1851-1870) 3. Exhibitions, Expositions, Media Coverage, and the Colonies (1870-1914) 4. Science, Scientists, and the Colonies (1870-1914) 5. Literature, Song, and the Colonies (1900-1920) 6. Entertainment, Theater, and the Colonies (1870-1914) 7. School, Pedagogy, and Colonies (1870-1914) 8. Dying: the Call of the Empire (1913-1918) Part II. Conquering Public Opinion Foreword: History's Mark (1931-1961) 9. Dreaming: the Fatal Attraction of Colonial Cinema (1920-1950) 10. Spreading the Word: the Agence Générale des Colonies (1920-1931) 11. To Civilize: the Invention of the Native (1918-1940) 12. Selling the Colonial Economic Myth (1900-1940) 13. The Athletic Exception: Black Champions and Colonial Culture (1900-1939) 14. The Colonial Bath: Sources of Popular Colonial Culture (1918-1931) 15. The Colonial Exposition (1931) 16. National Unity: the Right and Left "Meet" around the Colonial Exposition (1931) Part III. The Apogee of Imperialism Foreword: Images of an Empire's Demise 17. Colonizing, Educating, Guiding: A Republican Duty 18. Promotion: Creating the Colonial (1930-1940) 19. Influence: Cultural and Ideological Agendas (1920-1940) 20. Education: Becoming "Homo Imperialis" (1910-1940) 21. Manipulation: Conquering Taste (1931-1939) 22. Control: Paris, a Colonial Capital (1931-1939) 23. Imperial Revolution: Vichy's Colonial Myth (1940-1944) 24. Colonial Economy: Between Propaganda Myths and Economic Reality (1940-1955) 25. French Unity: The Dream of a United France (1946-1960) Part IV. Toward the Postcolony Foreword: Moussa the African's Blues 26. Decolonizing France: the "Indochinese Syndrome" (1946-1954) 27. Immigration: the Emergence of an African Elite in the Metropole (1946-1961) 28. Immigration: North Africans Settle in the Metropole (1946-1961) 29. Crime: Colonial Violence in the Metropole (1954-1961) 30. Modernism, Colonialism, and Cultural Hybridity 31. The Meanders of Colonial Memory 32. The Impossible Revision of France's History (1968-2006) 33. National History and Colonial History: Parallel Histories (1961-2006) 34.The Illusion of Decolonization (1956-2006) 35.The Impossible Colonial Museum Part V. The Time of Inheritance Foreword: The Age of Contempt, or the Legitimization of France's Civilizing Mission 36. Trouble in the Republic: Disturbing Memories, Forgotten Territories 37. Competition between Victims 38. The Army and the Construction of Immigration as a Threat (1961-2006) 39. Postcolonial Culture in the Army and the Memory of Overseas Combatants (1961-2006) 40. Republican Integration: Reflections on a Postcolonial Issue (1961-2006) 41. Colonial Influences and Tropes in the Field of Literature 42. From Colonial History to the Banlieues (1961-2006) 43. Can We Speak of A Postcolonial Racism? (1961-2006) 44. From Colonial Stereotypes to the Postcolonial Gaze: the Need for an Evolution of the Imaginary 45. Post Colonial Cinema, Song, and Literature: Continuity or Change? (1961-2006) 46. Ethnic Tourism: Symbolic Reconquest? (1961-2006) 47. Francophonie and Universality: the Evolution of Two Entangled Ideas (1961-2006) Bibliography Contributors Index
SynopsisThis landmark collection by an international group of scholars and public intellectuals represents a major reassessment of French colonial culture and how it continues to inform thinking about history, memory, and identity. This reexamination of French colonial culture, provides the basis for a revised understanding of its cultural, political, and social legacy and its lasting impact on postcolonial immigration, the treatment of ethnic minorities, and national identity., This reexamination of French colonial culture, provides the basis for a revised understanding of its cultural, political, and social legacy and its lasting impact on postcolonial immigration, the treatment of ethnic minorities, and national identity.
LC Classification NumberJV1817.C8513 2013
