France in Indochina :Colonial Encounters

Name: France in Indochina
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Author: Nicola Cooper
ISBN: 9781859734810

Nicola Cooper

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France in Indochina :Colonial Encounters

Nicola Cooper(Author)

3.50 (4 Ratings by Goodreads)

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Published: 1 January, 2001

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Valorized as 'la perle de l'Extreme Orient', Indochina was France's rival to Britain's 'jewel in the crown'. Advanced, worthy, and accorded special status, it was a showcase of success, but also a site of disaster. Given the current scholarly interest in reassessing colonial attitudes and in francophone culture, this book fills an important gap by focusing upon the neglected French colonial discourses at the height of the French imperial encounter with Indochina. The period of French colonial rule in Indochina spanned some ninety years and not only did it witness France's Fourth Republic's first experience (and loss) of colonial war, it also exemplified the often contradictory representations and perceptions of imperial identity, colonialism and the legacy of the 1789 Revolution. Framed by political, ideological and historical developments and debates, each chapter develops an intriguing socio-cultural account of France's own understanding of its role in Indochina and its relationship with the colony. The author brings together striking images from colonial expositions, metropolitan fiction, travel journalism, world exhibitions, popular song, gendered and familial representations as well as film to reveal the confusion over imperial identity that prevailed in France until the eve of the Second World War. This authoritative work provides an important re-evaluation of French Indochina and its legacy. Its interdisciplinary approach will be of interest to a broad readership: students of French history, colonial and postcolonial studies, cultural studies, literature, sociology and race.

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Type	Book
ISBN13	9781859734810
ISBN10	9781859734
Number Of Pages	224
Item Weight	372 g
Product Dimensions	156 x 234 x 12 mm
Publisher / Reseller	Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format	paperback

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'Cooper presents numerous interesting and tantalizing ideas that should stimulate other area specialists.'Choice'Cooper provides researchers of colonial Indochina with a profoundly illuminating framework, and makes an invaluable contribution to the development of French postcolonial studies.'ASCALF Bulletin'A strong contribution to (a] nouvelle vague of French colonial history ... [It is a] slim but rich volume.'H-France'Cooper is to be congratulated on having produced a fascinating and highly readable book that has opened up a rich field for further research.'Journal of European Area Studies'A book that ought to be read by anyone interested in the French colonial encounter withi Indochina. Cooper comes at the issue from a fresh angle, and fresh angles nearly always produce fresh insights.'History

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Nicola Cooper Lecturer in French,Bristol University

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France in Indochina :Colonial Encounters

Nicola Cooper

3.50 ( 4 Ratings by Goodreads)