Phantasmatic Indochina by Panivong Norindr
Analyzing the first Exposition Coloniale Internationale, held in Paris in 1931, this title 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.
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 identityIndochina 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
Panivong Norindr is Associate Professor of French and Italian studies at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780822317876 |
| ISBN 10 | 0822317877 |
| Title | Phantasmatic Indochina |
| Author | Panivong Norindr |
| Series | Asia-Pacific: Culture Politics And Society |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Duke University Press |
| Year published | 1997-01-24 |
| Number of pages | 216 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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