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"Phantasmatic Indochina: French Colonial Ideology..." by Panivong Norindr 1996
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Pages
- 216
- Publication Date
- 1997-01-24
- ISBN
- 9780822317876
- Book Title
- Phantasmatic Indochina : French Colonial Ideology in Architecture, Film, and Literature
- Book Series
- Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society Ser.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Item Length
- 9.1 in
- Publication Year
- 1997
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 0.6 in
- Genre
- Literary Criticism, Art
- Topic
- History / Modern (Late 19th Century to 1945), Semiotics & Theory, European, History / General
- Item Weight
- 13 Oz
- Item Width
- 6.1 in
- Number of Pages
- 216 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Duke University Press
ISBN-10
0822317877
ISBN-13
9780822317876
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1062971
Product Key Features
Book Title
Phantasmatic Indochina : French Colonial Ideology in Architecture, Film, and Literature
Number of Pages
216 Pages
Language
English
Topic
History / Modern (Late 19th Century to 1945), Semiotics & Theory, European, History / General
Publication Year
1997
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Literary Criticism, Art
Book Series
Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
13 Oz
Item Length
9.1 in
Item Width
6.1 in
Additional Product Features
LCCN
95-050856
Dewey Edition
20
Reviews
Norindr'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, Phantasmatic Indochina constitutes one of the finest contributions to the field of post-colonial and cultural studies."--Dalia Judovitz, Emory University, NorindrÕs 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, Phantasmatic Indochina constitutes one of the finest contributions to the field of post-colonial and cultural studies.ÓÑDalia Judovitz, Emory University, Norindr'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, Phantasmatic Indochina constitutes one of the finest contributions to the field of post-colonial and cultural studies."-Dalia Judovitz, Emory University, Norindrs 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, Phantasmatic Indochina constitutes one of the finest contributions to the field of post-colonial and cultural studies.Dalia Judovitz, Emory University, Norindr’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, Phantasmatic Indochina constitutes one of the finest contributions to the field of post-colonial and cultural studies.â€�-Dalia Judovitz, Emory University
Dewey Decimal
700
Table Of Content
Acknowledgments ix Introduction: Indochina as FIction 1 1. Representing Indochina: The French Colonial Phantasmatic and the Exposition Coloniale Internationale de Paris 14 2. Unruly Natives: The Indochinese Problem 34 3. The "Surrealist" Counter-Exposition: La Vérité sur les Colonies 52 4. Indochina as "Rêves-Diurnes" and Male Fantasies: Re-Mapping André Malraux's La Voie royale 72 5. Geographic Romance: "Errances" and Memories in Marguerite Duras's Colonial Cities 107 6. Filmic Memorials and Colonial Blues: Indochina in Contemporary French CInema 13 Conclusion: Retracing the Legacy of "Indochina Adventures" 155 Notes 159 Works Cited 181 Index 199
Synopsis
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 physical domination of geographic entities, but also through the colonization of the imaginary. In this careful reading of architecture, film, and literature, Norindr lays bare the processes of fantasy, desire, and nostalgia constituent of French territorial aggression against Indochina. Analyzing the first Exposition Coloniale Internationale, held in Paris in 1931, Norindr 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. He critiques the Surrealist counter-exposition mounted to oppose the imperialist aims of the Exposition Coloniale, and the Surrealist incorporation and appropriation of native artifacts in avant-garde works. According to Norindr, all serious attempts at interrogating French colonial involvement in Southeast Asia are threatened by discourse, images, representations, and myths that perpetuate the luminous aura of Indochina as a place of erotic fantasies and exotic adventures. Exploring the resilience of French nostalgia for Indochina in books and movies, the author examines work by Malraux, Duras, and Claudel, and the films Indochine , The Lover , and Dien Bien Phu . Certain to impact across a range of disciplines, Phantasmatic Indochina will be of interest to those engaged in the study of the culture and history of Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, and Laos, as well as specialists in the fields of French modernism, postcolonial studies, cultural studies, and comparative literature.
LC Classification Number
NX549.A1N66 1996
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