Cultural and Literary Representations of the Automobile in French Indochina

Stéphanie Ponsavady is Assistant Professor of French Studies in the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures at Wesleyan University, USA.

• 1.  Chapter 1. Introduction: Minding the Gaps of Colonial Automobility.- 2. Chapter 2. Paving the Way: Road and Empire builders.- 3. Chapter 3. Unfolding the Road: Automobile Pioneers.- 4. Chapter 4. Sharing the Road: Road Users.- 5.  Chapter 5. Writing the Road: Journalistic and Literary Passages and Passengers.- 6.  Chapter 6. Overtaking the Road: Careless Pedestrians.- 7.  Chapter 7. Conclusion: Driving Metaphors and Myths.