%0 Journal Article
%T Quand l¡¯intime d¨¦fie l¡¯ordre colonial - Les couples de Malgaches et d'Europ¨¦ennes en Imerina (Hautes Terres centrales de Madagascar) de 1896 ¨¤ 1960.
%A Violaine Tisseau
%J Genre & Histoire
%D 2011
%I Association Mn¨¦mosyne
%X En 1896, Madagascar devient colonie fran aise. Les couples mixtes et leur descendance ainsi que les situations de m¨¦tissage sont alors per us comme facteur potentiel de d¨¦sordre. Cet article s¡¯int¨¦resse aux unions entre hommes malgaches et femmes europ¨¦ennes. Ces couples sont rares et unissent principalement des Malgaches et des femmes m¨¦tisses, au sein d¡¯unions l¨¦gitimes. Malgr¨¦ leur faible nombre, les autorit¨¦s coloniales seront tent¨¦es de les interdire avant de faire de l¡¯union d¡¯un homme malgache avec une femme europ¨¦enne une condition d¡¯obtention de la citoyennet¨¦ fran aise. Ce qui se joue en filigrane dans cette h¨¦sitation est la crainte de la perte de prestige du colonisateur et d¡¯une trop grande proximit¨¦ entre colonisateurs et colonis¨¦s. De telles unions r¨¦v¨¨lent en effet l¡¯existence de relations intimes et durables entre Malgaches et Europ¨¦ens. L¡¯intime devient alors menace en remettant en cause la coh¨¦rence de l¡¯ordre colonial. 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   m¨¦tisses   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.
%K Madagascar
%K Intermarriages
%K Colonization
%K Citizenship
%K Legislation
%K Intimate
%K Social history
%K Intime
%K Madagascar
%K Couples mixtes
%K Colonisation
%K Citoyennet¨¦
%K L¨¦gislation
%K Histoire sociale
%U http://genrehistoire.revues.org/1063