Entre genre, race et nation : vers une nationalité hybridée : le cas des métis franco-vietnamiens «abandonnés» en Indochine française lors de l’entre-deux-guerres
The "Métis question" in French Indochina is a complex subject which several authors have studied, but which still constitutes a rich field of research and analysis for historians of colonization. This thesis attempts to explore the multiple dialogues and interactions between the French-speaking urban Indochinese public sphere and the metropolitan colonial powers with regard to the treatment of Franco-Vietnamese mixed-race children considered ‘abandoned’ in the inter-war period. This study brings to light the political usurpation of the Métis question by the French authorities to reinforce colonial legitimation to further perpetuate their system of domination. In this process, several journalistic reflections, testimonies and objects of propaganda were confronted by the official governmental discourse in order to draw up a holistic and synthetic picture of the multiple ambiguities inherent in the deployment of the French colonial strategy in Southeast Asia: the « mission civilisatrice ».
Métis Indochine Genre Race Nation Mission civilisatrice History Metis Eurasian Indochina Gender