Phantasmatic Indochina : French colonial ideology in architecture, film, and literature / Panivong Norindr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Norindr, Panivong, 1961-

Series:

Asia-Pacific.

Asia-Pacific, culture, politics, and society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arts, French--20th century.

Arts, French.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (217 p.)

Place of Publication:

Durham : Duke University Press, 1996.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This reflection on colonial culture argues for an examination of "Indochina" as a fictive and mythic construct, a phantasmatic legacy of French colonialism in Southeast Asia. Panivong Norindr uses postcolonial theory to demonstrate how French imperialism manifests itself not only through physical domination of geographic entities, but also through the colonization of the imaginary. In this careful reading of architecture, film, and literature, Norindr lays bare the processes of fantasy, desire, and nostalgia constituent of French territorial aggression against Indochina.

Contents:

Introduction: Indochina as Fiction

1. Representing Indochina: The French Colonial Phantasmatic and the Exposition Coloniale Internationale de Paris

2. Unruly Natives: The Indochinese Problem

3. The "Surrealist" Counter-Exposition: La Verite sur les Colonies

4. Indochina as "Reves-Diurnes" and Male Fantasies: Re-Mapping Andre Malraux's La Voie royale

5. Geographic Romance: "Errances" and Memories in Marguerite Duras's Colonial Cities

6. Filmic Memorials and Colonial Blues: Indochina in Contemporary French Cinema

Conclusion: Retracing the Legacy of "Indochina Adventures."

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (pages [181]-197) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780822379799

0822379791

OCLC:

893682257