Francophonie en Orient : : Aux croisements France-Asie (1840-1940) / / Mathilde Kang.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Amsterdam University Press Complete eBook-Package 2017
• VerfasserIn: Kang, Mathilde,
• Place / Publishing House: Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press, , [2017]; ©2017
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: French
• Series: Languages and culture in history ; 4
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (260 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Table des matières --; Introduction --; I. La France aux portes de Cathay --; II. L'affirmation de la présence française en Asie --; III. L'essaimage français: le cas de la Chine --; IV. Naissance de la littérature de cohabitation --; V. Les croisements France-Asie: le cas du corpus français --; Conclusion: vers une francophonie de cohabitation --; Bibliographie sélective --; Index thématique
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9789048536177; 9783110662849
• DOI: 10.1515/9789048536177?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Mathilde Kang.

This book offers a pioneering study of Asian cultures that officially escaped from French colonization but nonetheless were steeped in French civilization in the colonial era and had heavily French-influenced, largely francophone literatures. It raises a number of provocative questions, including whether colonization 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.