France and Indochina Cultural Representations

by Robson, Kathryn; Yee, Jennifer; Chiu, Lily; Cooper, Nicola; Testa, David Del; Do, Tess; Edwards, Penny; Ha, Marie-Paule; Henchy, Judith; Jennings, Eric T.; Robinson, Christopher L.; Tarr, Carrie; Vann, Michael G.; Waters, Julia; Winston, Jane Bradley; Yea

• ISBN13: 9780739108390
• ISBN10: 0739108395
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-04-28
• Publisher: Lexington Books

Summary

At the intersection of literary, cultural, and postcolonial studies, this volume looks at French perceptions of Indochina as they are conveyed through a variety of media including cinema, literature, art, and historical or anthropological writings. The volume is long awaited, as France's memory of Indochina is understudied compared to its relationship with its former colonies in West and North Africa. The book has contemporary urgency as the makeup of France's immigrant population changes and grows to include Vietnamese, Cambodian, and Laotioan populations.

Table of Contents

Illustrations	ix
Acknowledgments	xiii
Foreword	xv
Introduction	1	(12)
Kathryn Robson and Jennifer Yee
Monuments and Memory
1. Taj Angkor: Enshrining l'Inde in le Cambodge	13	(16)
Penny Edwards
2. Representing Indochinese Sacrifice: The Temple du Souvenir Indochinois of Nogent-sur-Marne	29	(20)
Eric T. Jennings
Transport Networks
3. Lines of Communication: Thematics of Direction and Strategies of Narration in Colonial Indochina	49	(14)
Christopher Robinson
4. Automobiles and Anomie in French Colonial Indochina	63	(16)
David Del Testa
Tropical angst?
5. Disturbing the Colonial Order: Dystopia and Disillusionment in Indochina	79	(16)
Nicola Cooper
6. Of le Cafard and Other Tropical Threats: Disease and White Colonial Culture in Indochina	95	(12)
Michael G. Vann
Women in and against Empire
7. French Women and the Empire	107	(14)
Marie-Paule Ha
8. Vietnamese New Women and the Fashioning of Modernity	121	(18)
Judith Henchy
Screening Indochina
9. Camille's Breasts: The Evolution of the Fantasy Native in Régis Wargnier's Indochine	139	(14)
Lily V. Chiu
10. Trân Anh Hùng as Diasporic Filmmaker	153	(12)
Carrie Tarr
Writing Indochina
11. From Incest to Exile: Linda Lê and the Incestuous Vietnamese Immigrants	165	(14)
Tess Do
12. "Cholen, la capitale chinoise de l'Indochine française": Rereading Marguerite Duras's (Indo)Chinese Novels	179	(14)
Julia Waters
13. Playing Hardball: Linda Lê's Les Trois Parques	193	(14)
Jane Bradley Winston
14. Jean Hougron's Indochina: Fantasy and Disillusionment	207	(12)
Jack A. Yeager
Selected Bibliography	219	(10)
Name Index	229	(6)
Contributors' Details	235