To be Free and French
Author | : Lorelle Semley |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 385 |
Release | : 2017-07-20 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781107101142 |
ISBN-13 | : 110710114X |
Rating | : 4/5 (14X Downloads) |
Book Synopsis To be Free and French by : Lorelle Semley
Download or read book To be Free and French written by Lorelle Semley and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-07-20 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An ambitious new vision of French citizenship from the perspective of Africans and Antilleans living in the colonies and mainland France. Lorelle Semley explores the ways in which these colonial subjects used French democratic ideals to demand rights and redefine the meanings of freedom and 'Frenchness'.