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Author Kang, Mathilde, 1963-

Title Francophonie and the Orient French-Asian Transcultural Crossings, 1840-1940 / Mathilde Kang ; translated by Martin Munro.

Publication Info. Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, �2018.
Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2021.
©�2018.

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Series Languages and culture in history
Languages and culture in history.
Book collections on Project MUSE.
Contents Colonial literature vs. literature of cohabitationPastiches of French masterpieces; Literatures of French expression; V. France-Asia crossings: the case of the French corpus; A literature of the intimate nourished by the East; The oriental 'self' in Loti and Claudel; The Oriental fortune of Comment Wang-F�o fut sauv�e; Conclusion: towards a Francophonie of cohabitation; Selective Bibliography; Index
Cover; Table of Contents; Introduction: for a Francophonie of cohabitation; I. France at the gates of Cathay; Macau and Canton: the first European fringes; The intrinsic links between China and Indochina; The ramifications of the French presence; II. The affirmation of the French presence in Asia; 'Paris of the East'; Guangzhouwan: the colonies' colony; Modes of colonization in Asia; III. French offshoots: the case of China; Genesis of the first Francophones in Asia; Francophone manifestations; The gestations of a literature of cohabitation; IV. The birth of a literature of cohabitation
Summary 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.
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Subject Oriental literature (French)
LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- French.
Oriental literature (French) -- History and criticism.
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Electronic books. .
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Added Title Francophonie en Orient. English
Other Form: Print version: Kang, Mathilde, 1963- Francophonie en Orient. English. Francophonie and the Orient. Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, �2018 9462988250 9789462988255 (OCoLC)1031460681
ISBN 9789048540273
9048540275
9789462988255
9462988250