Francophonie and the Orient : French-Asian Transcultural Crossings (1840-1940) /
This book offers a pioneering study of Asian cultures that officially escaped from French colonisation but nonetheless were steeped in French civilisation in the colonial era and had heavily French-influenced, largely francophone literatures. It raises a number of provocative questions, including wh...
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | English French |
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Amsterdam :
Amsterdam University Press,
2018.
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Series: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access: | Full text available: |
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Summary: | This book offers a pioneering study of Asian cultures that officially escaped from French colonisation but nonetheless were steeped in French civilisation in the colonial era and had heavily French-influenced, largely francophone literatures. It raises a number of provocative questions, including whether colonisation is the ultimate requirement for a culture's being defined as francophone, or how to think about francophone literatures that emerge from Asian nations that were historically free from French domination. The ultimate result is a redefining of the Asian francophone heritage according to new, transnational paradigms. |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (180 pages). |
ISBN: | 9789048540273 |
Access: | Open Access |