Cultural and Literary Representations of the Automobile in French Indochina A Colonial Roadshow /

• Main Author: Ponsavady, Stéphanie (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Studies in Mobilities, Literature, and Culture
• Subjects: Literature-History and criticism.; Literature .; European literature.; Literary History.; Postcolonial/World Literature.; European Literature.

How are the pleasures and thrills of the automobile linked to France's history of conquest, colonialism, and exploitation in Southeast Asia? Cultural and Literary Representations of the Automobile in French Indochina addresses the contradictions of the "progress" of French colonialism...

Table of Contents:

• 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.