Laura Reeck

Writerly Identities in Beur Fiction and Beyond

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Produktbeschreibung

Writerly Identities in Beur Fiction and Beyond explores the Beur/banlieue literary and cultural field from its beginnings in the 1980s to the present. It examines the struggles of author-characters to attain self-identity and a place in the world through writing and authorship and engages this literary theme with a range of socio-cultural challenges facing contemporary France.

Produktdetails

• After the Empire: The Francophone World and Postcolonial France
• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 498g
• ISBN-13: 9780739143612
• ISBN-10: 0739143611
• Artikelnr.: 31306150

Autorenporträt

Laura Reeck is associate professor of French at Allegheny College.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Introduction Part 3 Part I: Institutional
Authorship and Cultural Literacy Chapter 4 Chapter One: Culture Wars and
Critical Debate around Azouz Begag Chapter 5 Chapter Two: Outline of the
Postcolonial Absurd in Farida Belghoul's Georgette! Part 6 Part II:
Literary Adventurers and the World Chapter 7 Chapter Three: New Maps, New
Conversations with Leïla Sebbar Chapter 8 Chapter Four: Telling Self and
Telling History in Saïd Mohamed's La Honte sur nous Part 9 Part III:
Writing on the Edge/from the Periphery Chapter 10 Chapter Five: Moving In
and Beyond "écrivain de banlieue" with Rachid Djaïdani Chapter 11 Chapter
Six: Violence and Poetry: Mohamed Razane and Qui fait la France? Chapter 12
Conclusion