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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Main Author: Kang, Mathilde, 1963-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
French
Published: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2018.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (180 pages).
ISBN:9789048540273
Access:Open Access