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Syria and Lebanon Under the French Mandate - Cultural Imperialism and the Workings of Empire (Hardcover)
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Syria and Lebanon Under the French Mandate - Cultural Imperialism and the Workings of Empire (Hardcover)
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French rule over Syria and Lebanon was premised on a vision of a
special French protectorate established through centuries of
cultural activity: archaeological, educational and charitable.
Initial French methods of organising and supervising cultural
activity sought to embrace this vision and to implement it in the
exploitation of antiquities, the management and promotion of
cultural heritage, the organisation of education and the control of
public opinion among the literate classes. However, an examination
of the first five years of the League of Nations-assigned mandate,
1920-1925, reveals that French expectations of a protectorate were
quickly dashed by widespread resistance to their cultural policies,
not simply among Arabists but also among minority groups initially
expected to be loyal to the French. The violence of imposing the
mandate 'de facto', starting with a landing of French troops in the
Lebanese and Syrian coast in 1919 - and followed by extension to
the Syrian interior in 1920 - was met by consistent violent revolt.
Examining the role of cultural institutions reveals less violent
yet similarly consistent contestation of the French mandate. The
political discourses emerging after World War I fostered
expectations of European tutelages that prepared local peoples for
autonomy and independence. Yet, even among the most Francophile of
stakeholders, the unfolding of the first years of French rule
brought forth entirely different events and methods. In this book,
Idir Ouahes provides an in-depth analysis of the shifts in
discourses, attitudes and activities unfolding in French and
locally-organised institutions such as schools, museums and
newspapers, revealing how local resistance put pressure on cultural
activity in the early years of the French mandate.
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