Cultural Representations of Massacre [electronic resource] : Reinterpretations of the Mutiny of Senegal /
Parent, Sabrina.author.
In this book, Parent puts together a history of representations of the 1944 mutiny in Senegal. Combining firsthand analysis of the works and their intertextual interactions as well an external perspective, Parent engages with history, literature, film, poetics, and politics and highlights the importance of remembering the past.
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Cultural Representations of Massacre: Reinterpretations of the Mutiny of Senegal; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; French and African Perspectives on Colonization and on Thiaroye; Corpus, Significance, and Purposes of the Study; Chapter 1: Historical Background and Representations of Thiaroye; French Colonization of West Africa; The Code de l'indigénat (Indigenousness Code); The tirailleurs sénégalais (Senegalese Riflemen); The Empire during World War II; The Massacre of Thiaroye; Thiaroye's Symbolic Meanings
Part 1: Representations of Thiaroye in Colonial Times: "Tyaroye " by Léopold Sédar Senghor and "Aube africaine " by Fodeba KeitaChapter 2: Léopold Sédar Senghor's Thiaroye: The Prototype of Sacrifice; Contextualizing the Poem "Tyaroye "; Evoking Thiaroye; Chapter 3: Fodeba Keita's Thiaroye: A Transitory Episode in the African Epic; The Activist and Censored Artist; The Legend of the African Dawn; Part 2: Representations of Thiaroye in the Postindependence Era: Thiaroye terre rouge by Boubacar Boris Diop, Morts pour la France by Doumbi-Fakoly, and Camp de Thiaroye by Sembene Ousmane
Chapter 4: Boubacar Boris Diop's Thiaroye: Rebellion and TreasonIntroducing Thiaroye terre rouge; The French Military Viewpoint; The African Perspective; African Self-Criticism; Chapter 5: Doumbi-Fakoly's Mortspour la France: Thiaroye as a Key Episode in Understanding (Neo)Colonialism; Morts pour la France or the tirailleurs sénégalais' Saga; The Thiaroye Chapter; The Aftermath of Thiaroye; Evaluating the Present in Light of Thiaroye; Chapter 6: Camp de Thiaroye by Sembene Ousmane: Art and/as Resistance; Camp de Thiaroye: Structural Elements; Dialogue with History
Dialogue with Cultural DocumentsBeyond Dichotomies: An Apology of Resistance; Part 3: Representations of Thiaroye in a New Era: L'Ami y'a bon by Rachid Bouchareb and Aube de sang by Cheikh Faty Faye; Chapter 7: Rachid Bouchareb's Minimalist Representation of Thiaroye; The "Paratext"; Minimalist, Almost Childlike Representation; Chapter 8: Dismantling Thiaroye's Dichotomies in Cheikh Faty Faye's Play; Thiaroye, the Logic of a System, and Unavoidable Dichotomies; Beyond Dichotomies: Exploring the African Psyche through Culture and Values; Beyond Dichotomies: Exploring the Colonizer's Position
Beyond Dichotomies: A Different ToneConclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
In this book, Parent puts together a history of representations of the 1944 mutiny in Senegal. Combining firsthand analysis of the works and their intertextual interactions as well an external perspective, Parent engages with history, literature, film, poetics, and politics and highlights the importance of remembering the past.
France. Armée. Tirailleurs sénégalais
France. Armée. Tirailleurs sénégalais
Africa-History.
Culture-Study and teaching.
Civilization-History.
Ethnology-Africa.
Area studies.
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African History.
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Cultural History.
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Area Studies.
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