Colonial metropolis : the urban grounds of anti-imperialism and feminism in interwar Paris / Jennifer Anne Boittin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Boittin, Jennifer Anne.

Series:

France overseas.

France overseas: studies in empire and decolonization

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

City and town life--France--Paris--History--20th century.

City and town life.

Anti-imperialist movements--France--Paris--History--20th century.

Anti-imperialist movements.

Feminism--France--Paris--History--20th century.

Feminism.

Africans--France--Paris--History--20th century.

Africans.

Antilleans--France--Paris--History--20th century.

Antilleans.

Women, White--France--Paris--History--20th century.

Women, White.

Paris (France)--Race relations--History--20th century.

Paris (France).

Paris (France)--Intellectual life--20th century.

France--Colonies--Africa--History--20th century.

France.

France--Colonies--America--History--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (352 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

World War I gave colonial migrants and French women unprecedented access to the workplaces and nightlife of Paris. After the war they were expected to return without protest to their homes, both metropolitan and overseas. Neither group, however, was willing to be discarded. Between the world wars, the mesmerizing capital of France's colonial empire attracted denizens from Africa, the Caribbean, and the United States. Paris became not merely their home but also a site for political engagement. Colonial Metropolis tells the story of the interactions and connections of these black colonial migrant

Contents:

Josephine Baker : colonial woman

Dancing dissidents and dissident dancers : the urban topography of race

A Black colony? : race and the origins of anti-imperialism

Reverse exoticism and masculinity : the cultural politics of race relations

In Black and White : women, La depêche africaine, and the print culture of the diaspora

"These men's minor transgressions" : White Frenchwomen on colonialism and feminism.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612749278

9781282749276

1282749277

9780803229938

0803229933

OCLC:

649913999