Phantasmatic Indochina : French colonial ideology in architecture, film, and literature / Panivong Norindr.
This reflection on colonial culture argues for an examination of "Indochina" as a fictive and mythic construct, a phantasmatic legacy of French colonialism in Southeast Asia. Panivong Norindr uses postcolonial theory to demonstrate how French imperialism manifests itself not only through p...
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Duke University Press,
1996.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Indochina as Fiction
- 1. Representing Indochina: The French Colonial Phantasmatic and the Exposition Coloniale Internationale de Paris
- 2. Unruly Natives: The Indochinese Problem
- 3. The "Surrealist" Counter-Exposition: La Verite sur les Colonies
- 4. Indochina as "Reves-Diurnes" and Male Fantasies: Re-Mapping Andre Malraux's La Voie royale
- 5. Geographic Romance: "Errances" and Memories in Marguerite Duras's Colonial Cities
- 6. Filmic Memorials and Colonial Blues: Indochina in Contemporary French Cinema
- Conclusion: Retracing the Legacy of "Indochina Adventures."