Colonial Cinema and Imperial France, 1919–1939: White Blind Spots, Male Fantasies, Settler Myths
- ISBN-10
- 0801866162
- ISBN-13
- 9780801866166
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 300
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2001-10-09
- Publisher
- JHU Press
- Author
- David Henry Slavin
Description
In this book, the author uses such key colonial-era films as L'Atlantide and Péṕe le Moko to document how the French cinema reflected the changing policies and values of French colonialism in the inter-war period.
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