French Colonial Documentary: Mythologies of Humanitarianism

by Peter J. Bloom

Despite altruistic goals, humanitarianism often propagates foreign, and sometimes unjust, power structures where it is employed. Tracing the visual rhetoric of French colonial humanitarianism, Peter J. Bloom's unexpected analysis reveals how the project of remaking the colonies in the image of France was integral to its national identity.

French Colonial Documentary investigates how the promise of universal citizenship rights in France was...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816646295
• ISBN13: 9780816646296
• Release Date: March 2008
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.0" x 9.9"