Empire and Culture : The French Experience, 1830-1940

Empire and Culture : The French Experience, 1830-1940

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Book Description
This volume explores how the idea of empire in France was expressed in film, photography, painting and monuments. It analyzes how the image of the universal, civilizing mission saturated French society during the first half of the twentieth century. In particular it examines how the subject peoples of the empire were represented in art and fiction. In this way, the authors underline that there was not just one single image of empire but many, ranging from the extreme right to the extreme left. The volume contains and in-depth consideration not just of the triumphalist images of empire but the oppositional ones, most notably the surrealists, which directly challenged the emergent colonial consensus.

About the Author
Martin Evans is at the Centre for European Studies and Research at the University of Portsmouth.

Amanda Sackur is Research Associate, Francophone Area Studies, at University of Portsmouth.

Empire and Culture: The French Experience, 1830-1940,Martin Evans,Amanda Sackur,Palgrave Macmillan,0333791819,Colonies,Europe - France,France,History,History - General History,History: World,Imperialism,Politics and culture,Social aspects,World - General,History / France,World history

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