UID:
edocfu_9958999162202883
Format:
1 online resource
ISBN:
9789048540273
Series Statement:
Languages and culture in history
Content:
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.
Note:
Frontmatter --
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Table of Contents --
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Introduction: for a Francophonie of cohabitation --
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I. France at the gates of Cathay --
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II. The affirmation of the French presence in Asia --
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III. French offshoots: the case of China --
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IV. The birth of a literature of cohabitation --
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V. France-Asia crossings: the case of the French corpus --
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Conclusion: towards a Francophonie of cohabitation --
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Selective Bibliography --
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Index
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In English.
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9789048540273
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/doi/book/10.1515/9789048540273
