Colonial metropolis [[electronic resource] ] : the urban grounds of anti-imperialism and feminism in interwar Paris / / Jennifer Anne Boittin

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910456385603321
• Autore: Boittin Jennifer Anne
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Lincoln, : University of Nebraska Press, c2010
• ISBN: 1-282-74927-7; 9786612749278; 0-8032-2993-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (352 p.)
• Collana: France overseas: studies in empire and decolonization
• Disciplina: 305.420944/36109042
• Soggetti: City and town life - France - Paris - History - 20th century; Anti-imperialist movements - France - Paris - History - 20th century; Feminism - France - Paris - History - 20th century; Africans - France - Paris - History - 20th century; Antilleans - France - Paris - History - 20th century; Women, White - France - Paris - History - 20th century; Electronic books.; Paris (France) Race relations History 20th century; Paris (France) Intellectual life 20th century; France Colonies Africa History 20th century; France Colonies America History 20th century
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Josephine Baker : colonial woman -- Dancing dissidents and dissident dancers : the urban topography of race -- A Black colony? : race and the origins of anti-imperialism -- Reverse exoticism and masculinity : the cultural politics of race relations -- In Black and White : women, La depêche africaine, and the print culture of the diaspora -- "These men's minor transgressions" : White Frenchwomen on colonialism and feminism.
• Sommario/riassunto: World War I gave colonial migrants and French women unprecedented access to the workplaces and nightlife of Paris. After the war they were expected to return without protest to their homes, both metropolitan ; and overseas. Neither group, however, was willing to be discarded. Between the world wars, the mesmerizing capital of France's colonial empire attracted denizens from Africa, the Caribbean, and the United States. Paris became not merely their home but also a site for political engagement. Colonial Metropolis tells the story of the interactions and connections of these black colonial migrant