Art in the service of colonialism : French art education in Morocco, 1912-1956 / Hamid Irbouh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Irbouh, Hamid, author.

Series:

International library of colonial history ; 2.

International library of colonial history ; 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Art, Colonial--Morocco.

Art, Colonial.

Decorative arts--Morocco--History--20th century.

Decorative arts.

Morocco--Civilization--French influences.

Morocco.

Morocco--Colonial influence.

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

France.

Morocco--History--1912-1956.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (297 p.)

Edition:

Revised paperback edition.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, [2012]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the Moroccan French Protectorate (1912-1956), the French established vocational and fine art schools, imposed modern systems of industrial production and pedagogy and reinvented old traditions. Hamid Irbouh argues that the French used this systematic modernisation of local arts and crafts regulation to impose their control. He looks in particular at the role and place of women in the structures of art production and education created by the French- that transformed and dominated Moroccan society during the colonial period. French women infiltrated the Moroccan milieu, to buttress colonial ideology, yet at critical moments, Moroccan women rejected traditional roles and sabotaged colonial plans. Meanwhile, the contradictions between reformist goals and the old order added to social dislocations and led to rebellion against French hegemony. Irbouh examines and analyses these processes and demonstrates how Moroccan artists have struggled to exorcise French influences and rediscover an authentic visual culture since decolonisation. This book reveals that the weight of colonial history continues to weigh heavily on artistic practice and production.

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Contents; Dedication; Archive Centres and Libraries Mentioned in the Text ; List of Illustrations ; Acknowledgements ; Introduction ; The Establishment of French Colonial Hegemony Over Morocco; Contemporary Moroccan Scholarship on Moroccan Art Production ; French Colonial Art Education in Morocco ; Book Outline

Part One: Classifications and Associations Chapter One: Framing Morocco's Crafts ; French Colonial Analysis of Moroccan Crafts ; Lyautey's Native Policy and Flexible Approach ; Pre-Colonial Moroccan Guilds ; Master Craftsmen, Apprentices, Craft Learning, and Surveillance

""High"" and ""Low"" Crafts Chapter Two: Diffusing Colonial Order ; The Protectorate's Initial Attempt at Reforming the Moroccan Guilds ; Georges Hardy's Gentle Way of Control ; The Grand Vizier and the Moroccan Cultural Vitality ; Creating Authentic Replicas of Moroccan Artefacts

Colonial Assistance Part Two: Design and Process of Colonial Education ; Chapter Three: Colonial Mass Education ; Theoretical Framework of Colonial Mass Education ; Training a Service Labour Class in the Moroccan Protectorate

Chapter Four: Vocational Schools for Men and the French Infiltration of Morocco's Traditional Industry A Labour Force Loyal to the Protectorate: The Marrakesh Case ; Adapting Education to Industry in the Pilot Workshop in Fez ; Educating a New Bureaucracy ; A Moroccan Alternative

Chapter Five: Women's Vocational Schools: The French Organize the Feminine Milieu

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-270) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780857725158

0-85772-515-7

OCLC:

923637726