Stéphanie Ponsavady

Cultural and Literary Representations of the Automobile in French Indochina (eBook, PDF)

A Colonial Roadshow

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Contains an array of archival material

Synthesizes literary, cultural, mobility studies, and postcolonial research

Challenges Eurocentric views of the history of the automobile and mythologies of colonialism

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer Nature Switzerland
• Seitenzahl: 230
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. August 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783319945590
• Artikelnr.: 56819993

Autorenporträt

Stéphanie Ponsavady is Assistant Professor of French Studies in the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures at Wesleyan University, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Chapter 1. Introduction: Minding the Gaps of Colonial Automobility.- 2. Chapter 2. Paving the Way: Road and Empire builders.- 3. Chapter 3. Unfolding the Road: Automobile Pioneers.- 4. Chapter 4. Sharing the Road: Road Users.- 5. Chapter 5. Writing the Road: Journalistic and Literary Passages and Passengers.- 6. Chapter 6. Overtaking the Road: Careless Pedestrians.- 7. Chapter 7. Conclusion: Driving Metaphors and Myths.