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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewFrance and "Indochina" is a richly suggestive exploration of the cultural dynamics of an unduly neglected part of France's former colonial empire. Its interdisciplinary optic opens up many new perspectives on French Indochina and its postcolonial aftermath, throwing valuable light on a wide range of cultural forms, including architecture, literature and film. -- Alec Hargreaves, Florida State University
This collection is a valuable contribution to studies of the French colonial encounter with Indochina, of cultural representations and, more widely, of colonial discourse. * International Journal Of Francophone Studies *
This outstanding collection combines contributions from established scholars of Francophone South-East Asia with the work of some of the most talented and original new researchers in the field. The volume explores the representation and reality of colonial Indochina and also offers an introduction to some of the most innovative Francophone writers and filmmakers of the contemporary Indochinese diaspora. By pairing rigorous historical inquiry with original cultural, literary and theoretical analyses, the essays collected here reveal the complex, ambivalent connections linking France and Indochina, as well as the postcolonial legacies of the contacts and conflicts on which these connections depend. -- Charles Forsdick, University of Liverpool
Table of ContentsChapter 1 Introduction Part 2 Monuments and Memory Chapter 3 Taj Angkor: Enshrining l'Inde in le Cambodge Chapter 4 Representing Indochinese Sacrifice: The Temple du Souvenir Indochinois of Nogent-sur-Marne Part 5 Transport Networks Chapter 6 Lines of Communication in: The Thematics of Direction and Strategies of Narration in Colonial Indochina Chapter 7 Automobiles and Anomie in French Colonial Indochina Part 8 Tropical Angst? Chapter 9 Disturbing the Colonial Order: Dystopia and Disillusionment in Indochina Chapter 10 Of le Cafard and Other Tropical Threats: Disease and White Colonial Culture in Indochina Part 11 Women in and against Empire Chapter 12 French Women and the Empire Chapter 13 Vietnamese New Women and the Fashioning of Modernity Part 14 Screening Indochina Chapter 15 Camille's Breasts: The Evolution of the Fantasy Native in Régis Wargnier's Indochine Chapter 16 Tranh Anh Hung as Diasporic Filmaker Part 17 Writing Indochina Chapter 18 From Incest to Exile: Linda Lê and the Incestuous Vietnamese Immigrants Chapter 19 "Cholen, la capitale chinoise de l'Indochine française": Rereading Marguerite Duras's (Indo)Chinese Space Chapter 20 Playing Hardball: Linda Lê's Les Trois Parques Chapter 21 Jean Hougron's Indochina: Fantasy and Disillusionment
