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French Colonial Documentary: Mythologies of Humanitarianism
Peter J. Bloom
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Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 66 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1DDF; APF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 18. Weight in Grams: 594.
Despite altruistic goals, humanitarianism often propagates foreign, and sometimes unjust, power structures where it is employed. Tracing the visual rhetoric of French colonial humanitarianism, Peter J. Bloom's unexpected analysis reveals how the project of remaking the colonies in the image of France was integral to its national identity. French Colonial Documentary investigates how the promise of universal citizenship rights in France was projected onto the colonies as a form of evolutionary interventionism. Bloom focuses on the promotion of French education efforts, hygienic reform, and new agricultural techniques in the colonies as a means of renegotiating the social contract between citizens ... Read more
Despite altruistic goals, humanitarianism often propagates foreign, and sometimes unjust, power structures where it is employed. Tracing the visual rhetoric of French colonial humanitarianism, Peter J. Bloom's unexpected analysis reveals how the project of remaking the colonies in the image of France was integral to its national identity. French Colonial Documentary investigates how the promise of universal citizenship rights in France was projected onto the colonies as a form of evolutionary interventionism. Bloom focuses on the promotion of French education efforts, hygienic reform, and new agricultural techniques in the colonies as a means of renegotiating the social contract between citizens ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Weight
593g
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Minnesota, United States
ISBN
9780816646296
SKU
V9780816646296
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