{"product_id":"phantasmatic-indochina-9780822317876","title":"Phantasmatic Indochina","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnalyzing the first Exposition Coloniale Internationale, held in Paris in 1931, this title shows how the exhibition's display of architecture gave a vision to the colonies that justified France's cultural prejudices, while stimulating the desire for further expansionism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNorindr’s radical revaluation of Indochina as a fictive and mythic structure expands the scope of geographic and political concerns into the broader speculative sphere of cultural identity. Indochina becomes for him a repository of images, a space whose commemorative and iconographic character brings together literary, filmic and architectural forms of cultural evidence. Remarkable for its lucidity and finesse, \u003ci\u003ePhantasmatic\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eIndochina\u003c\/i\u003e constitutes one of the finest contributions to the field of post-colonial and cultural studies.”—Dalia Judovitz, Emory University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments ix\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: Indochina as FIction 1\u003cbr\u003e 1. Representing Indochina: The French Colonial Phantasmatic and the Exposition Coloniale Internationale de Paris 14\u003cbr\u003e 2. Unruly Natives: The Indochinese Problem 34\u003cbr\u003e 3. The \"Surrealist\" Counter-Exposition: La Vérité sur les Colonies 52\u003cbr\u003e 4. Indochina as \"Rêves-Diurnes\" and Male Fantasies: Re-Mapping André Malraux's \u003ci\u003eLa Voie royale\u003c\/i\u003e 72\u003cbr\u003e 5. Geographic Romance: \"Errances\" and Memories in Marguerite Duras's Colonial Cities 107\u003cbr\u003e 6. Filmic Memorials and Colonial Blues: Indochina in Contemporary French CInema 13\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: Retracing the Legacy of \"Indochina Adventures\" 155\u003cbr\u003e Notes 159\u003cbr\u003e Works Cited 181\u003cbr\u003e Index 199","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406017896791,"sku":"9780822317876","price":22.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780822317876.jpg?v=1730494258","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/phantasmatic-indochina-9780822317876","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}