The Francophonie and the Orient : French-Asian Transcultural Crossings, 1840-1940

The Francophonie and the Orient French-Asian Transcultural Crossings, 1840-1940

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 wh...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Kang, Mathilde, author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press 2018
[2018]
Edición:1st ed
Colección:Languages and culture in history.
Materias:
Oriental literature (French) > History and criticism.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009431282906719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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

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