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  • Colonial Culture in France since the Revolution
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  • Edited by Pascal Blanchard, Sandrine Lemaire, Nicolas Bancel, and Dominic Thomas. Translated by Alexis Pernsteiner
  • 2013
  • Published by: Indiana University Press
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This landmark collection by an international group of scholars and public intellectuals represents a major reassessment of French colonial culture and how it continues to inform thinking about history, memory, and identity. This reexamination of French colonial culture, provides the basis for a revised understanding of its cultural, political, and social legacy and its lasting impact on postcolonial immigration, the treatment of ethnic minorities, and national identity.

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  1. Cover
  2. pp. 1-3
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  1. Title
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  1. Copyright
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  1. Contents
  2. pp. v-viii
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  1. Introduction: The Creation of a Colonial Culture in France, from the Colonial Era to the "Memory Wars"
  2. pp. 1-48
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  1. Part 1. The Creation of a Colonial Culture
  1. Foreword: French Colonization: An Inaudible History
  2. pp. 51-55
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  1. 1. Antislavery, Abolitionism, and Abolition in France from the End of the Eighteenth Century to the 1840s
  2. pp. 56-74
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  1. 2. Milestones in Colonial Culture under the Second Empire (1851–1870)
  2. pp. 75-89
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  1. 3. Exhibitions, Expositions, Media Coverage, and the Colonies (1870–1914)
  2. pp. 90-97
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  1. 4. Science, Scientists, and the Colonies (1870–1914)
  2. pp. 98-105
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  1. 5. Literature, Song, and the Colonies (1900–1920)
  2. pp. 106-115
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  1. 6. Entertainment, Theater, and the Colonies (1870–1914)
  2. pp. 116-123
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  1. 7. School, Pedagogy, and the Colonies (1870–1914)
  2. pp. 124-131
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  1. 8. Dying: The Call of the Empire (1913–1918)
  2. pp. 132-140
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  1. Part 2. Conquering Public Opinion
  1. Foreword: History's Mark (1931–1961)
  2. pp. 143-149
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  1. 9. Dreaming: The Fatal Attraction of Colonial Cinema (1920–1950)
  2. pp. 150-161
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  1. 10. Spreading the Word: The Agence Générale des Colonies (1920–1931)
  2. pp. 162-170
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  1. 11. To Civilize: The Invention of the Native (1918–1940)
  2. pp. 171-179
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  1. 12. Selling the Colonial Economic Myth (1900–1940)
  2. pp. 180-188
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  1. 13. The Athletic Exception: Black Champions and Colonial Culture (1900–1939)
  2. pp. 189-199
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  1. 14. The Colonial Bath: Colonial Culture in Everyday Life (1918–1931)
  2. pp. 200-208
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  1. 15. The Colonial Exposition (1931)
  2. pp. 209-216
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  1. 16. National Unity: The right and left "Meet" around the Colonial Exposition (1931)
  2. pp. 217-232
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  1. Part 3. The Apogee of Imperialism
  1. Foreword: Images of an Empire's Demise
  2. pp. 235-249
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  1. 17. Colonizing, Educating, Guiding: A Republican Duty
  2. pp. 250-256
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  1. 18. Promotion: Creating the Colonial (1930–1940)
  2. pp. 257-267
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  1. 19. Influence: Cultural and Ideological Agendas (1920–1940)
  2. pp. 268-275
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  1. 20. Education: Becoming "Homo Imperialis" (1910–1940)
  2. pp. 276-284
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  1. 21. Manipulation: Conquering Taste (1931–1939)
  2. pp. 285-295
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  1. 22. Control: Paris, a Colonial Capital (1931–1939)
  2. pp. 296-306
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  1. 23. Imperial Revolution: Vichy's Colonial Myth (1940–1944)
  2. pp. 307-319
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  1. 24. The Colonial Economy: Between Propaganda Myths and Economic Reality (1940–1955)
  2. pp. 320-332
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  1. 25. French Unity: The Dream of a United France (1946–1960)
  2. pp. 333-340
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  1. Part 4. Toward the Postcolony
  1. Foreword: Moussa the African's Blues
  2. pp. 343-346
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  1. 26. Decolonizing France: The "Indochinese Syndrome" (1946–1954)
  2. pp. 347-363
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  1. 27. Immigration and an Emerging African Elite in the Metropole (1946–1961)
  2. pp. 364-371
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  1. 28. North Africans Settle in the Metropole (1946–1961)
  2. pp. 372-379
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  1. 29. Crime: Colonial Violence in the Metropole (1954–1961)
  2. pp. 380-387
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  1. 30. Modernism, Colonialism, and Cultural Hybridity
  2. pp. 388-398
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  1. 31. The Meanders of Colonial Memory
  2. pp. 399-410
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  1. 32. The Impossible Revision of France's History (1968–2006)
  2. pp. 411-419
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  1. 33. National History and Colonial History: Parallel Histories (1961–2006)
  2. pp. 420-431
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  1. 34. The Illusion of Decolonization (1956–2006)
  2. pp. 432-437
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  1. 35. The Difficult Art of Exhibiting the Colonies
  2. pp. 438-452
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  1. Part 5. The Time of Inheritance
  1. Foreword: The Age of Contempt, or the Legitimization of France's Civilizing Mission
  2. pp. 455-461
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  1. 36. Trouble in the Republic: Disturbing Memories, Forgotten Territories
  2. pp. 462-472
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  1. 37. Competition between Victims
  2. pp. 473-481
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  1. 38. The Army and the Construction of Immigration as a Threat (1961–2006)
  2. pp. 482-490
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  1. 39. Postcolonial Culture in the Army and the Memory of Overseas Combatants (1961–2006)
  2. pp. 491-496
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  1. 40. Republican Integration: Reflections on a Postcolonial Issue (1961–2006)
  2. pp. 497-509
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  1. 41. Colonial Influences and Tropes in the Field of Literature
  2. pp. 510-517
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  1. 42. From Colonial History to the Banlieues (1961–2006)
  2. pp. 518-526
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  1. 43. Can We Speak of a Postcolonial Racism? (1961–2006)
  2. pp. 527-535
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  1. 44. From Colonial Stereotypes to the Postcolonial Gaze: The Need for an Evolution of the Imaginary
  2. pp. 536-545
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  1. 45. Postcolonial Cinema, Song, and Literature: Continuity or Change? (1961–2006)
  2. pp. 546-551
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  1. 46. Ethnic Tourism: Symbolic Reconquest? (1961–2006)
  2. pp. 552-561
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  1. 47. Francophonie and Universality: The Evolution of Two Intertwined Notions (1961–2006)
  2. pp. 562-574
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  1. Bibliography
  2. pp. 575-606
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  1. Contributors
  2. pp. 607-614
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  1. Index
  2. pp. 615-633
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