Colonial Metropolis
World War I gave colonial migrants and French women unprecedented access to the workplaces and nightlife of Paris. Neither group, however, was willing to be discarded. After the war they were expected to return without protest to their homes-either overseas or metropolitan. Paris… Celý popis ↓
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Colonial Metropolis
World War I gave colonial migrants and French women unprecedented access to the workplaces and nightlife of Paris. Neither group, however, was willing to be discarded. After the war they were expected to return without protest to their homes-either overseas or metropolitan.
Paris became not merely their home but also a site for political engagement. Between the world wars, the mesmerizing capital of France's colonial empire attracted denizens from Africa, the Caribbean, and the United States. Colonial Metropolis tells the story of the interactions and connections of these black colonial migrants and white feminists in the social, cultural, and political world of interwar Paris.
It explores why and how both were denied certain rights, such as the vote, how they suffered from sensationalist depictions in popular culture, and how they pursued parity in ways that were often interpreted as
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