Francophonie en Orient: aux croisements France - Asie (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 (Author)
Format: Book
Language:French
Published: Amsterdam Amsterdam University Press [2018]
Series:Languages and culture in history 4
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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:220 Seiten
ISBN:9789462985148
9462985146

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