%0 Journal Article
%T Biribi: Disciplining and punishing in the French empire
%A Nicola Cooper
%J French Cultural Studies
%@ 1740-2352
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/0957155818794406
%X This article discusses the infamous Bataillons d¡¯Afrique to which French former criminals were sent to complete their duty of military service. The ¡®Bat d¡¯Af¡¯ were created to prevent the young male bourgeoisie from having to mix with these ¡®undesirables¡¯ and ¡®reprobates¡¯, and they were stationed well away from the mainland in France¡¯s North African colonies. This article discusses themes such as discipline, punishment, torture, homosexuality, interracial power relations, and delinquent ¡®cultures¡¯ in this imperial context
%K Biribi
%K Bataillons d¡¯Afrique
%K disciplinary military battalions
%K French empire
%K military prisons
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0957155818794406