Lynda Chouiten

Isabelle Eberhardt and North Africa

Nomadism as a Carnivalesque Mirage

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Produktbeschreibung

Born in Switzerland, writer Isabelle Eberhardt spent most of her adult life in North Africa, where she gained the reputation of being an anti-colonial figure on account of her friendship with the natives. This book shows that she was less interested in defending the colonized than in fulfilling her personal quests for heroism and literary success.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 246
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 557g
• ISBN-13: 9780739185926
• ISBN-10: 0739185926
• Artikelnr.: 41415718

Autorenporträt

By Lynda Chouiten

Inhaltsangabe

Contents Preface Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Introduction Chapter
1: Possessing the Land, Dividing the People Chapter 2: Islam: The
Not-So-Straight Way to Power Chapter 3: Desiring Power: The Transvestite
Westerner and the Eroticised Native Chapter 4: Journeys: Travel, Writing,
and the Changing Self Conclusion: Eberhardt's Life as a Novel-like Epic
Appendix 1: Glossary Appendix 2: A Chronology of Eberhardt's Life
Bibliography About the Author