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dc.contributor.authorObergöker, Timo*
dc.date.accessioned2017-11-23T09:16:17Z
dc.date.available2017-11-23T09:16:17Z
dc.date.issued2017-11-09
dc.identifier.citationObergöker, T. (2017). Le sapeur - un dany postcolonial?. In François, A. I., Kociubińska, E., Pham-Thanh, G. & Zoberman, P. (eds.) Figures du dandysme. Frankfurt: Peter Lang.en
dc.identifier.isbn9783631716410
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10034/620726
dc.description.abstractThe Sape, a sartorial colourful movement of exuberance, developed in the colonial Congos under the colonial regimes. The origins are uncertain and surrounded by numerous mysteries, it is undeniable though that the movement is linked to second-hand clothes imported to the Congos from Paris and Brussels. The text presents the different myths around the origins of the SAPE and shows how it reflects in contemporary French-speaking literature. Postcolonial thinkers have often considered the movement as “homosocial” in the sense that Eve Sedgwick gave to the term. We are going to challenge this perspective by arguing that it is the marginal position of the Sapeur plus his desire to be perceived as a dandy which create this “homosocial” impression. His lack of capital is the major difference from the historical dandy.
dc.language.isofren
dc.publisherPeter Langen
dc.relation.urlhttps://www.peterlang.com/view/product/78063?tab=aboutauthor&format=HCen
dc.subjectDandyen
dc.subjectCongoen
dc.subjectSAPEen
dc.subjectpostcolonial studiesen
dc.subjectKinshasaen
dc.titleLe sapeur - Un dandy postcolonial?fr
dc.typeBook chapteren
dc.contributor.departmentUniversity of Chesteren
dc.date.accepted2017-07-25
or.grant.openaccessYesen
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rioxxterms.versionAMen
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate2217-11-09
html.description.abstractThe Sape, a sartorial colourful movement of exuberance, developed in the colonial Congos under the colonial regimes. The origins are uncertain and surrounded by numerous mysteries, it is undeniable though that the movement is linked to second-hand clothes imported to the Congos from Paris and Brussels. The text presents the different myths around the origins of the SAPE and shows how it reflects in contemporary French-speaking literature. Postcolonial thinkers have often considered the movement as “homosocial” in the sense that Eve Sedgwick gave to the term. We are going to challenge this perspective by arguing that it is the marginal position of the Sapeur plus his desire to be perceived as a dandy which create this “homosocial” impression. His lack of capital is the major difference from the historical dandy.


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