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Cultural and Literary Representations of the Automobile in French Indochina

A Colonial Roadshow

Stéphanie Ponsavady author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Springer International Publishing AG

Published:10th Sep '18

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How are the pleasures and thrills of the automobile linked to France’s history of conquest, colonialism, and exploitation in Southeast Asia? Cultural and Literary Representations of the Automobile in French Indochina addresses the contradictions of the “progress” of French colonialism and their consequences through the lens of the automobile. Stéphanie Ponsavady examines the development of transportation systems in French Indochina at the turn of the twentieth century, analyzing archival material and French and Vietnamese literature to critically assess French colonialism. 


ISBN: 9783319945583

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 454g

230 pages

1st ed. 2018