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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1. Verfasser: Kang, Mathilde 1963- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
French
Veröffentlicht: ©2018
Schriftenreihe:Languages and culture in history
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Zusammenfassung: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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ISBN:9048540275
9789048540273
Zugangseinschränkungen:Open Access