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The Great Hanoi Rat Hunt
Author | : Michael G. Vann |
Publsiher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 263 |
Release | : 2019 |
Genre | : Hanoi (Vietnam) |
ISBN | : 0190602694 |
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"Tells the darkly humorous story of the French colonial state's failed efforts to impose its vision of modernity upon the colonial city of Hanoi, Vietnam. This book offers a case study in the history of imperialism, highlighting the racialized economic inequalities of empire, colonization as a form of modernization, and industrial capitalism's creation of a radical power differential between "the West and the rest." On a deeper level, The Great Hanoi Rat Hunt will engage the contradictions unique to the French Third Republic's colonial "civilizing mission," the development of Vietnamese resistance to French rule, the history of disease, and aspects of environmental history"--
The Great Hanoi Rat Hunt
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Author | : Michael G. Vann |
Publsiher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2018 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0190602708 |
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"Tells the darkly humorous story of the French colonial state's failed efforts to impose its vision of modernity upon the colonial city of Hanoi, Vietnam. This book offers a case study in the history of imperialism, highlighting the racialized economic inequalities of empire, colonization as a form of modernization, and industrial capitalism's creation of a radical power differential between "the West and the rest." On a deeper level, The Great Hanoi Rat Hunt will engage the contradictions unique to the French Third Republic's colonial "civilizing mission," the development of Vietnamese resistance to French rule, the history of disease, and aspects of environmental history"--
Abina and the Important Men
Author | : Trevor R. Getz,Liz Clarke |
Publsiher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 238 |
Release | : 2016 |
Genre | : HISTORY |
ISBN | : 9780190238742 |
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This is an illustrated "graphic history" based on an 1876 court transcript of a West African woman named Abina, who was wrongfully enslaved and took her case to court. The main scenes of the story take place in the courtroom, where Abina strives to convince a series of "important men"--A British judge, two Euro-African attorneys, a wealthy African country "gentleman," and a jury of local leaders --that her rights matter.--Publisher description.
Imperial Justice
Author | : Bonny Ibhawoh |
Publsiher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 226 |
Release | : 2013-09 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780199664849 |
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This is a vital study of the motivations of the British Imperial Appeal Courts and the tensions between the demands of imperial law and justice and those of African law and custom. Examining the central role of the Privy Council and the Courts, it reveals the impact of the colonized peoples in shaping the processes and outcomes of imperial justice.
Policing Cinema
Author | : Lee Grieveson |
Publsiher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 363 |
Release | : 2004-05-24 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 9780520937420 |
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White slave films, dramas documenting sex scandals, filmed prize fights featuring the controversial African-American boxer Jack Johnson, D.W. Griffith’s The Birth of a Nation—all became objects of public concern after 1906, when the proliferation of nickelodeons brought moving pictures to a broad mass public. Lee Grieveson draws on extensive original research to examine the controversies over these films and over cinema more generally. He situates these contestations in the context of regulatory concerns about populations and governance in an early-twentieth-century America grappling with the powerful forces of modernity, in particular, immigration, class formation and conflict, and changing gender roles. Tracing the discourses and practices of cultural and political elites and the responses of the nascent film industry, Grieveson reveals how these interactions had profound effects on the shaping of film content, form, and, more fundamentally, the proposed social function of cinema: how cinema should function in society, the uses to which it might be put, and thus what it could or would be. Policing Cinema develops new perspectives for the understanding of censorship and regulation and the complex relations between governance and culture. In this work, Grieveson offers a compelling analysis of the forces that shaped American cinema and its role in society.
Yale French Studies Number 137 138
Author | : Thomas C. Connolly |
Publsiher | : Yale University Press |
Total Pages | : 344 |
Release | : 2021-02-23 |
Genre | : African poetry (French) |
ISBN | : 9780300250374 |
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Number 137/138 in Yale French Studies, this collection of essays examines poetry in French by authors from across the Maghreb Although in recent years Maghrebi literature written in French has enjoyed increased critical attention, less attention has been paid specifically to the genre of poetry. The sixteen essays collected in this special issue of Yale French Studies show how the poem provides a uniquely privileged perspective from which to examine questions relating to aesthetics, linguistics, philosophy, history, autobiography, gender, the visual arts, colonial and postcolonial society and politics, and issues relating to the post-Arab Spring.
A Matter of Rats
Author | : Amitava Kumar |
Publsiher | : Duke University Press |
Total Pages | : 161 |
Release | : 2014-03-10 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780822376453 |
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It is not only the past that lies in ruins in Patna, it is also the present. But that is not the only truth about the city that Amitava Kumar explores in this vivid, entertaining account of his hometown. We accompany him through many Patnas, the myriad cities locked within the city—the shabby reality of the present-day capital of Bihar; Pataliputra, the storied city of emperors; the dreamlike embodiment of the city in the minds and hearts of those who have escaped contemporary Patna's confines. Full of fascinating observations and impressions, A Matter of Rats reveals a challenging and enduring city that exerts a lasting pull on all those who drift into its orbit. Kumar's ruminations on one of the world's oldest cities, the capital of India's poorest province, are also a meditation on how to write about place. His memory is partial. All he has going for him is his attentiveness. He carefully observes everything that surrounds him in Patna: rats and poets, artists and politicians, a girl's picture in a historian's study, and a sheet of paper on his mother's desk. The result is this unique book, as cutting as it is honest.
Vultures in the Air
Author | : Zaynab Alkali,Al Imfeld |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 168 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : UOM:39015040692942 |
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"This book is the result of a joint project organized by the Swiss Embassy, the ANA (Association of Nigerian Authors) and NÀWÁO Productions (Switzerland). As part of this project, a seven-day short story workshop was held in May 1995, in Maiduguri, Northern Nigeria. The workshop was attended by 21 local participants and was guided and supported by Nigerian author, Zaynab Alkali and Swiss writer and journalist, Al Imfeld. A large body of original and creative material came out of the workshop, and it is from this material that the poems and short stories which make up this volume were selected."--Foreword.