L’apologie de la politique coloniale française dans la littérature pour la jeunesse avant 1914 : un soutien sans limites ?
From 1871 onward, children’s literature took up the task of spreading and promoting patriotic themes inspired by the traumatic memory of the 1870 Franco-Prussian war, while also not failing to glorify the policy of colonial expansion that was put in place in the 1880s. Widely approving of these terr...
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| Language: | fra |
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Association Française de Recherche sur les Livres et les Objets Culturels de l’Enfance (AFRELOCE)
2012-02-01
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| Series: | Strenae |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/strenae/503 |
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| Summary: | From 1871 onward, children’s literature took up the task of spreading and promoting patriotic themes inspired by the traumatic memory of the 1870 Franco-Prussian war, while also not failing to glorify the policy of colonial expansion that was put in place in the 1880s. Widely approving of these territorial conquests, which compensated for the loss of Alsace-Lorraine, children’s literature often privileged France’s "civilizing" mission, without overlooking the economic and financial interests inherent in colonization. These children's novels present few to no restraints in the overwhelming approval they give to the colonial policy of the Third Republic. In this way, they contributed to the conditioning of young minds for several generations, and contributed to the support of public opinion on French imperialist policy. |
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| ISSN: | 2109-9081 |