Main entry:

Norindr, Panivong, 1961-

Title & Author:

Phantasmatic Indochina : French colonial ideology in architecture, film, and literature / Panivong Norindr.

Publication:

Durham : Duke University Press, [1996]
© 1996

Description:

x, 205 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Series:

Asia-Pacific, culture, politics, and society

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-197) and index.
Introduction: Indochina as Fiction -- 1. Representing Indochina: The French Colonial Phantasmatic and the Exposition Coloniale Internationale de Paris -- 2. Unruly Natives: The Indochinese Problem -- 3. The "Surrealist" Counter-Exposition: La Verite sur les Colonies -- 4. Indochina as "Reves-Diurnes" and Male Fantasies: Re-Mapping Andre Malraux's La Voie royale -- 5. Geographic Romance: "Errances" and Memories in Marguerite Duras's Colonial Cities -- 6. Filmic Memorials and Colonial Blues: Indochina in Contemporary French Cinema -- Conclusion: Retracing the Legacy of "Indochina Adventures."

Summary:

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.

ISBN:

0822317788 (cl ; alk. paper)
9780822317784 (cl ; alk. paper)
0822317877 (pa ; alk. paper)
9780822317876 (pa ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Arts, French 20th century.
Arts, French.
Arts français.
Arts France 20e siècle.
Indochine dans l'art.
Arts français 20e siècle.
20.21 iconographic themes.
Kolonialismus
Orientalismus
Indochinabild
Vietnambild
Architektur
Film
Romanistik
Koloniale periode.
Beeldvorming.
Letterkunde.
Bouwkunst.
Films.
Fransen.
Frans.
Indochina In art.
Indochine Dans l'art.
Indochina
Indochine Dans la littérature.
Indochine Au cinéma.

Form/genre:

Art

Added entries:

Asia-Pacific.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 120323
Call No.: ID NX549.A1.N66; ID:96-B448
Status: Available