Janet Horne
Biographic Data
| ID | 3684638 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Janet Horne |
| GIVEN NAMES | Janet |
| FAMILY NAME | Horne |
| SIGNATURE | HORNE J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Virginia |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
To Spread the French Language Is to Extend the Patrie ”
The Alliance Française was founded in 1883 to reinforce France's colonial ambitions in Tunisia and throughout the Mediterranean basin. Its focus on language as a tool of empire was unprecedented among the colonial powers. This article revisits that colonial past and examines the Alliance's role as a purveyor of colonial education during the early years of the Third Republic. Its founders envisioned modern France as an imperial republic that would…
Laurence Wylie and the French civilizing mission
What might the study of French in the United States have to do with the French civilizing mission? Why has the choice of French by American students been so gendered? What is, and what has been, the social significance of French studies in the United States? In this essay, I propose to sketch out a partial answer to such questions by placing Laurence Wylie’s work along a more extended continuum stretching back to 1894, when the Alliance Française…
Le Musee social a l'origine
Le centenaire de la creation du Musee social nous invite a reflechir sur le sens social d'une institution vouee a l'amelioration « morale et materielle des travailleurs ». L'analyse des differentes etapes de sa formation - allant de l'Exposition universelle de 1889 au Conseil superieur du travail et finalement a une institution privee ouverte au public en 1895 - revele la multiplicite des acteurs et la complexite de la construction du champ socia…
To Spread the French Language Is to Extend the Patrie ”
The Alliance Française was founded in 1883 to reinforce France's colonial ambitions in Tunisia and throughout the Mediterranean basin. Its focus on language as a tool of empire was unprecedented among the colonial powers. This article revisits that colonial past and examines the Alliance's role as a purveyor of colonial education during the early years of the Third Republic. Its founders envisioned modern France as an imperial republic that would…
Laurence Wylie and the French civilizing mission
What might the study of French in the United States have to do with the French civilizing mission? Why has the choice of French by American students been so gendered? What is, and what has been, the social significance of French studies in the United States? In this essay, I propose to sketch out a partial answer to such questions by placing Laurence Wylie’s work along a more extended continuum stretching back to 1894, when the Alliance Française…
Le Musee social a l'origine
Le centenaire de la creation du Musee social nous invite a reflechir sur le sens social d'une institution vouee a l'amelioration « morale et materielle des travailleurs ». L'analyse des differentes etapes de sa formation - allant de l'Exposition universelle de 1889 au Conseil superieur du travail et finalement a une institution privee ouverte au public en 1895 - revele la multiplicite des acteurs et la complexite de la construction du champ socia…
Laurence Wylie and the French civilizing mission
What might the study of French in the United States have to do with the French civilizing mission? Why has the choice of French by American students been so gendered? What is, and what has been, the social significance of French studies in the United States? In this essay, I propose to sketch out a partial answer to such questions by placing Laurence Wylie’s work along a more extended continuum stretching back to 1894, when the Alliance Française…
To Spread the French Language Is to Extend the Patrie ”
The Alliance Française was founded in 1883 to reinforce France's colonial ambitions in Tunisia and throughout the Mediterranean basin. Its focus on language as a tool of empire was unprecedented among the colonial powers. This article revisits that colonial past and examines the Alliance's role as a purveyor of colonial education during the early years of the Third Republic. Its founders envisioned modern France as an imperial republic that would…
Art (3 works) · Ethnology (2 works) · History (2 works) · Humanities (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Alliance (1 works) · Ancient history (1 works) · Archaeology (1 works) · Canadian Identity and History (1 works)