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Disorientation : France, Vietnam, and the ambivalence of interculturality / Karl Ashoka Britto.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Britto, Karl Ashoka.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Vietnamese literature (French)--History and criticism.
- Vietnamese literature (French).
- Ambivalence in literature.
- Cultural relations in literature.
- Assimilation (Sociology) in literature.
- Cultural fusion.
- Vietnam--In literature.
- Vietnam.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (217 p.)
- Other Title:
- France, Vietnam, and the ambivalence of interculturality
- Place of Publication:
- Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, c2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The close readings that form the core of the book are inflected by cultural and historical considerations, and informed by a range of primary documents that includes training manuals for colonial administrators, works of imperialist propaganda, tourist guidebooks and travel writing, and textbooks from Franco-Vietnamese schools.
- Contents:
- Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; The Conquered Student: Colonial Education and Vietnamese Francophone Writers; Sentimental Interculturality: Nguyen Phan Long's Le Roman de Mademoiselle Lys; Race, Culture, and Stereotype: Truong Dinh Tri and Albert de Teneuille's Ba-Dam; History, Memory,and Narrative Nostalgia: Pham Duy Khiem's Nam et Sylvie; Writing Interculturality: Pham Van Ky's Des Femmes assises ga et la; Afterword; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-200) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-70601-2
- 9786612706011
- 988-220-101-6
- OCLC:
- 642689996
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