France's Black African Colonial Troops in WWI vs German Postcards in Color

Description

Collector Bookstore
724 Delaware Street
Leavenworth, KS 66048
Collector Bookstore is a leading specialty retailer of price guides and reference books to inform and educate collectors and professionals in the antiques and collectors markets. Our customers include individual collectors, dealers, appraisers, auctioneers & other industry professionals. You won't receive heavily thumbed shelf copies from us! We buy most titles directly from the publisher and individual authors. Authors are encouraged to submit their reference titles for our consideration.
SCM-2017-9780764352270-X2
With A Weapon And A Grin: Postcard Images of France's Black African Colonial Troops in WWI by: Stephan Likosky
ISBN:
9780764352270
Book Title:
With A Weapon And A Grin: Postcard Images of France's Black African Colonial Troops in WWI
Author:
Stephan Likosky
Binding:
Hard Cover with dust jacket
Copyright:
2017
Pages:
128
Size:
9 x 11.25 in.
Collector Bookstore is a retailer of new books located in Leavenworth, Kansas. We specialize in price guides and reference books for the antiques and collectibles industry.
In incorporating Black African soldiers on the European battleground in their war against the Germans in WWI, France needed to change the image of the African from that of savage to a loyal and courageous soldier, a non-threat to French citizenry. What emerged was the Grand Enfant, a child-like figure with a winning grin who nonetheless could be ruthless in pursuit of the Hun. Meanwhile, German propaganda persisted in portraying the African as a cannibal, being unjustly deployed by France against the civilized European. Postcards of the era were an important means of disseminating these images and demonstrate how the African soldier's image was manipulated to serve the changing needs of the European belligerents. The book contains over 150 stunning images from this propaganda war and places them in historical context. It is a pioneering study in English of a long-neglected aspect of the First World War.
156 color and b/w photos
(Categorical generated 2021-08-08)
f18c682c2b7d865510ad54148b80ddc0