Quand l’intime défie l’ordre colonial - Les couples de Malgaches et d'Européennes en Imerina (Hautes Terres centrales de Madagascar) de 1896 à 1960.

In 1896, Madagascar became a French colony. Mixed couples and their offspring as well as situations of interbreeding were perceived as a potential source of disorder. In this article, we are interested in unions between Malagasy men and European women. These couples were rare and mainly united Malag...

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Main Author: Violaine Tisseau
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Language:fra
Published: Association Mnémosyne 2011-01-01
Series:Genre & Histoire
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/genrehistoire/1063
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description In 1896, Madagascar became a French colony. Mixed couples and their offspring as well as situations of interbreeding were perceived as a potential source of disorder. In this article, we are interested in unions between Malagasy men and European women. These couples were rare and mainly united Malagasy men with « métisses » women, in a regular marriage. Despite their rarity, the colonial authorities were initially tempted to forbid them, before making the marriage of Malagasy men with European women a condition for obtaining French citizenship. What lay behind this wavering was the fear of losing the colonizer’s prestige and a too great proximity between colonizers and colonized. Indeed, such unions show the existence of intimate and lasting relationships between Malagasy and Europeans. The intimate became a threat by questioning the coherence of the colonial order.
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spellingShingle Violaine Tisseau
Quand l’intime défie l’ordre colonial - Les couples de Malgaches et d'Européennes en Imerina (Hautes Terres centrales de Madagascar) de 1896 à 1960.
Genre & Histoire
Madagascar
Intermarriages
Colonization
Citizenship
Legislation
Intimate
title Quand l’intime défie l’ordre colonial - Les couples de Malgaches et d'Européennes en Imerina (Hautes Terres centrales de Madagascar) de 1896 à 1960.
title_full Quand l’intime défie l’ordre colonial - Les couples de Malgaches et d'Européennes en Imerina (Hautes Terres centrales de Madagascar) de 1896 à 1960.
title_fullStr Quand l’intime défie l’ordre colonial - Les couples de Malgaches et d'Européennes en Imerina (Hautes Terres centrales de Madagascar) de 1896 à 1960.
title_full_unstemmed Quand l’intime défie l’ordre colonial - Les couples de Malgaches et d'Européennes en Imerina (Hautes Terres centrales de Madagascar) de 1896 à 1960.
title_short Quand l’intime défie l’ordre colonial - Les couples de Malgaches et d'Européennes en Imerina (Hautes Terres centrales de Madagascar) de 1896 à 1960.
title_sort quand l intime defie l ordre colonial les couples de malgaches et d europeennes en imerina hautes terres centrales de madagascar de 1896 a 1960
topic Madagascar
Intermarriages
Colonization
Citizenship
Legislation
Intimate
url https://journals.openedition.org/genrehistoire/1063
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