Mes recherches concernent l’histoire économique, culturelle et sociale dans le contexte urbain en Afrique. Après avoir longtemps travaillé sur les villes, notamment Conakry et Freetown (urbanisme, architecture, équipements urbains, foncier, pouvoir), je concentre mon attention désormais sur les fêtes et les loisirs, en particulier le cinéma comme pratique sociale en situation coloniale et post-coloniale. Je m'intéresse aussi aux espaces urbains sous l'angle de l'organisation, du patrimoine architectural et monumental ou symbolique. J'intègre dans mon approche l‘histoire des femmes et la perspective de genre ainsi qu’une réflexion sur les catégorisations et les représentations. J'ai publié et édité de nombreux ouvrages.
- Tropical Dream Palaces. Cinema in Colonial West Africa, (HURST-OUP, 2019) - Fantômas sous les tropiques. Aller au cinéma en Afrique coloniale (Vendémiaire, 2015) - Fêtes urbaines, Karthala, 1999 … et bien d'autres
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revue "Viatica"
Comptes-rendus d'ouvrage
RHCA 2021
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Un cinéma ambulant en Afrique : Jean-Paul Sivadier, entrepreneur dans les années 1950.
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Moulins & Rivières de la Sarthe juillet 2020
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Son camion ciné était la star des villages africains
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Un cinéma ambulant en Afrique
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