The Francophonie and the Orient : French-Asian Transcultural Crossings, 1840-1940 / Mathilde Kang.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kang, Mathilde, author.

Series:

Languages and culture in history.

Languages and culture in history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Oriental literature (French)--History and criticism.

Oriental literature (French).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (210 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2018]

Language Note:

In English.

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.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Table of Contents

Introduction: for a Francophonie of cohabitation

I. France at the gates of Cathay

II. The affirmation of the French presence in Asia

III. French offshoots: the case of China

IV. The birth of a literature of cohabitation

V. France-Asia crossings: the case of the French corpus

Conclusion: towards a Francophonie of cohabitation

Selective Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 20. Sep 2019)

ISBN:

1-003-71963-5

90-485-4027-5

9781003719632

OCLC:

1075113679

Access Restriction:

Open Access Unrestricted online access