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Francophonie and the Orient: French-Asian Transcultural Crossings (1840-1940) book cover

1st Edition

Francophonie and the Orient French-Asian Transcultural Crossings (1840-1940)

By Mathilde Kang Copyright 2018
214 Pages
by Amsterdam University Press

Based on transnational France-Asia approaches, this book studies Asian cultures once steeped in French civilisation but free of a colonial mode in order to highlight the transliterary examples of cultural transfer. This book is a pioneering study of the Francophone phenomenon within the context of cultures categorised as non-Francophone. Espousing a transcultural approach, Francophonie and the... Read more
Introduction: for a Francophonie of cohabitation, I France at the gates of Cathay, II The affirmation of the French presence in Asia, III French offfshoots: the case of China, IV The birth of a literature of cohabitation, V France-Asia crossings: the case of the French corpus, Conclusion: towards a Francophonie of cohabitation, Selective Bibliography, Index

Biography

Mathilde Kang was born in Shanghai, China. She has received her education in Québec in Canada and has taught French and Francophone Studies at various universities in North-America and elsewhere. The multicultural course of her life and her strictly French language education have led her to an interest in studying cultures made up of several mixed influences. Her main interest is the spreading of French culture outside Europe.

Née à Shanghai et scolarisée au Québec, Mathilde Kang a jusque récemment été Maître de conférences à l'Université de Technologie Sydney. De parcours multi-culturel, assorti d'une formation purement francophone, elle se montre prédisposée aux études impliquant des cultures d'horizons divers et plus particulièrement la migration de la culture française vers d'autres continents.

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