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.
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Violaine TisseauKeywords
MadagascarIntermarriages
Colonization
Citizenship
Legislation
Intimate
Social history
Intime
Madagascar
Couples mixtes
Colonisation
Citoyenneté
Législation
Histoire sociale
Women. Feminism
HQ1101-2030.7
The family. Marriage. Woman
HQ1-2044
Social Sciences
H
DOAJ:Gender Studies
DOAJ:Social Sciences
History (General)
D1-2009
History (General) and history of Europe
D
DOAJ:History
DOAJ:History and Archaeology
Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
HN1-995
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En 1896, Madagascar devient colonie française. Les couples mixtes et leur descendance ainsi que les situations de métissage sont alors perçus comme facteur potentiel de désordre. Cet article s’intéresse aux unions entre hommes malgaches et femmes européennes. Ces couples sont rares et unissent principalement des Malgaches et des femmes métisses, au sein d’unions légitimes. Malgré leur faible nombre, les autorités coloniales seront tentées de les interdire avant de faire de l’union d’un homme malgache avec une femme européenne une condition d’obtention de la citoyenneté française. Ce qui se joue en filigrane dans cette hésitation est la crainte de la perte de prestige du colonisateur et d’une trop grande proximité entre colonisateurs et colonisés. De telles unions révèlent en effet l’existence de relations intimes et durables entre Malgaches et Européens. L’intime devient alors menace en remettant en cause la cohérence de l’ordre colonial.<br>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.Date
2011-01-01Type
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