Phantasmatic Indochina
Subtitle: French colonial ideology in architecture, film, and literature
By: Panivong Norindr.
Series: Asia-Pacific, culture, politics, and society; Asia-Pacific.
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Durham
Language: eng
Number of pages: 205
Subjects: Arts, French -- 20th century; Indochina -- In art
Description: This reflection on colonial culture argues for an examination of "Indochina" as a fictive and mythic construct, a phantasmatic legacy of French colonialism in Southeast Asia. Panivong Norindr uses postcolonial theory to demonstrate how French imperialism manifests itself not only through physical domination of geographic entities, but also through the colonization of the imaginary.

In this careful reading of architecture, film, and literature, Norindr lays bare the processes of fantasy, desire, and nostalgia constituent of French territorial aggression against Indochina.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [181]-197) and index.