Syria and Lebanon under the French mandate : cultural imperialism and the workings of empire

Syria and Lebanon under the French mandate : cultural imperialism and the workings of empire / Idir Ouahes.

French rule over Syria and Lebanon was premised on a vision of a special French protectorate established through centuries of cultural activity: archaeological, educational and charitable. Initial French methods of organising and supervising cultural activity sought to embrace this vision and to imp...

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Main Author: Ouahes, Idir (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : I.B. Tauris, 2018.
Series:Library of Middle East history ; v. 76.
Subjects:
1918-1946
HISTORY > Middle East > General.
Kulturimperialismus
Kulturpolitik
Mandatsgebiet
Widerstand
Syria > History > French occupation, 1918-1946.
Lebanon > History > French occupation, 1918-1946.
Lebanon
Syria
Frankreich
Libanon
Syrien
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: cultural institutions and the struggle to define the mandate
  • Antiquities protection and excavation
  • Controlling cultural heritage: museums, tourism and exhibitions
  • Classrooms, curricula and content
  • The politics of pedagogy
  • Surveillance, subsidies and censorship: the domestic Arabic press
  • Subservience and sanction? The francophone press
  • Internationalism: the external press
  • General conclusion.

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