The Resource Colonizer or colonized : the hidden stories of early modern French culture, Sara E. Melzer
Colonizer or colonized : the hidden stories of early modern French culture, Sara E. Melzer
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The item Colonizer or colonized : the hidden stories of early modern French culture, Sara E. Melzer represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Missouri University of Science & Technology Library.
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- Summary
- "Colonizer or Colonized introduces two colonial stories into the heart of France's literary and cultural history. The first describes elite France's conflicted relationship to the Ancient World. As much as French intellectuals aligned themselves with the Greco-Romans as an "us," they also resented the Ancients as an imperial "them," haunted by the memory that both the Greeks and Romans had colonized their ancestors, the Gauls. This memory put the elite on the defensive--defending against the legacy of this colonized past and the fear that they were the barbarian other. The second story mirrored the first. Just as the Romans had colonized the Gauls, France would colonize the New World, becoming the "New Rome" by creating a "New France." Borrowing the Roman strategy, the French Church and State developed an assimilationist stance towards the Amerindian "barbarian." This policy provided a foundation for what would become the nation's most basic stance towards the other. However, this version of assimilation, unlike its subsequent ones, encouraged the colonized and the colonizer to engage in close forms of contact, such as mixed marriages and communities. This book weaves these two different stories together in a triangulated dynamic. It asks the Ancients to step aside to include the New World other into a larger narrative in which elite France carved out their nation's emerging cultural identity in relation to both the New World and the Ancient World. Sara E. Melzer is Professor of French and Francophone Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles. She is the author of Discourses of the Fall: A Study of Pascal's Pensées and coeditor of From the Royal to the Republican Body: Incorporating the Political in Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century France."--Project Muse
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (320 pages)
- Contents
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- pt. I. France's colonial relation to the ancient world
- pt. II. France's colonial relation to the new world
- pt. III. Weaving the two colonial stories together : escaping barbarism
- Isbn
- 9781283891080
- Label
- Colonizer or colonized : the hidden stories of early modern French culture
- Title
- Colonizer or colonized
- Title remainder
- the hidden stories of early modern French culture
- Statement of responsibility
- Sara E. Melzer
- Subject
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- America
- Civilization
- Civilization -- Classical influences
- Civilization -- Philosophy
- Einfluss
- Einfluss
- Electronic book
- Electronic books
- European / French
- European / French
- France
- France
- France -- Civilization | Classical influences
- France -- Civilization | History
- France -- Civilization | Philosophy
- France -- Colonies -- America
- Frankreich
- French colonies
- History
- History & Archaeology
- Kolonie
- Kolonie
- Kultur
- Kultur
- LITERARY CRITICISM
- LITERARY CRITICISM
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- European | French
- Regions & Countries - Europe
- Frankreich
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Colonizer or Colonized introduces two colonial stories into the heart of France's literary and cultural history. The first describes elite France's conflicted relationship to the Ancient World. As much as French intellectuals aligned themselves with the Greco-Romans as an "us," they also resented the Ancients as an imperial "them," haunted by the memory that both the Greeks and Romans had colonized their ancestors, the Gauls. This memory put the elite on the defensive--defending against the legacy of this colonized past and the fear that they were the barbarian other. The second story mirrored the first. Just as the Romans had colonized the Gauls, France would colonize the New World, becoming the "New Rome" by creating a "New France." Borrowing the Roman strategy, the French Church and State developed an assimilationist stance towards the Amerindian "barbarian." This policy provided a foundation for what would become the nation's most basic stance towards the other. However, this version of assimilation, unlike its subsequent ones, encouraged the colonized and the colonizer to engage in close forms of contact, such as mixed marriages and communities. This book weaves these two different stories together in a triangulated dynamic. It asks the Ancients to step aside to include the New World other into a larger narrative in which elite France carved out their nation's emerging cultural identity in relation to both the New World and the Ancient World. Sara E. Melzer is Professor of French and Francophone Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles. She is the author of Discourses of the Fall: A Study of Pascal's Pensées and coeditor of From the Royal to the Republican Body: Incorporating the Political in Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century France."--Project Muse
- Cataloging source
- SFB
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Melzer, Sara E
- Dewey number
- 325.3/44097
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Language note
- In English
- LC call number
- DC33.4
- LC item number
- .M44 2012eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- Series statement
- EBL-Schweitzer
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- France
- France
- France
- France
- European / French
- LITERARY CRITICISM
- LITERARY CRITICISM
- European / French
- LITERARY CRITICISM
- Civilization
- Civilization
- Civilization
- French colonies
- America
- France
- Einfluss
- Kolonie
- Kultur
- Frankreich
- History & Archaeology
- France
- Regions & Countries - Europe
- Kolonie
- Einfluss
- Kultur
- Frankreich
- Label
- Colonizer or colonized : the hidden stories of early modern French culture, Sara E. Melzer
- Antecedent source
- not applicable
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- pt. I. France's colonial relation to the ancient world -- pt. II. France's colonial relation to the new world -- pt. III. Weaving the two colonial stories together : escaping barbarism
- Control code
- 793012718
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (320 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781283891080
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- Other control number
- 10.9783/9780812205183
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt35c7p6
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- not applicable
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)793012718
- Label
- Colonizer or colonized : the hidden stories of early modern French culture, Sara E. Melzer
- Antecedent source
- not applicable
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- pt. I. France's colonial relation to the ancient world -- pt. II. France's colonial relation to the new world -- pt. III. Weaving the two colonial stories together : escaping barbarism
- Control code
- 793012718
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (320 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781283891080
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other control number
- 10.9783/9780812205183
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt35c7p6
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- not applicable
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)793012718
Subject
- America
- Civilization
- Civilization -- Classical influences
- Civilization -- Philosophy
- Einfluss
- Einfluss
- Electronic book
- Electronic books
- European / French
- European / French
- France
- France
- France -- Civilization | Classical influences
- France -- Civilization | History
- France -- Civilization | Philosophy
- France -- Colonies -- America
- Frankreich
- French colonies
- History
- History & Archaeology
- Kolonie
- Kolonie
- Kultur
- Kultur
- LITERARY CRITICISM
- LITERARY CRITICISM
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- European | French
- Regions & Countries - Europe
- Frankreich
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