Babar and the Mission Civilisatrice
Colonialism and the Biography of a Mythical Elephant
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5028058 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Stephen O''Harrow, Stephen O’harrow (corresponding author), Stephen O'Harrow |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 86-103 |
| Publication date | 1999-12-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Biography (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0162-4962 • E-ISSN: 1529-1456 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/bio.2010.0218 |
| PMID | 19434953 |
| OpenAlex | W2122570471 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 2 |
Illustrated in a series of events in the fictional early life of the "King of the Elephants," author Jean de Brunhoff (1899-1937) created Babar, a multifarious character, facets of which have charmed juvenile as well as adult readers, both in French and in foreign translation, for several generations. The humanity and bourgeois domesticity of de Brunhoff's pachydermal universe, however, mask a basically colonialist perception of the world, one which accurately reflected the de Brunhoffs' social milieu, the zeitgeist in the first third of the twentieth century, and Republican France's complex attitudes towards being a colonial power
Archaeology · Art · Art history · Biography · Bourgeoisie · Colonialism · Humanity · Literature · Political science · Politics · Theology · Zeitgeist · History · Law · Philosophy · Psychodrama and Leishmaniasis Studies · Religion, Gender, and Enlightenment
| Citations per year | 0.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2020 - 2025 (6) |
| Highly cited | No |