V. Orlando

Francophone Voices of the “New” Morocco in Film and Print (eBook, PDF)

(Re)presenting a Society in Transition

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This study of Moroccan society explores the country's culture through its literature, journalism and film. It examines transitions from traditionalism to modernity within the conflicted polemics of the post-9/11 world. Addresses issues including feminism, sexuality, gender and human rights and how they are conveyed in Moroccan media.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Juni 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780230622593
• Artikelnr.: 46751707

Autorenporträt

VALÉRIE K. ORLANDO is Associate Professor of French and Francophone Literatures and Cultures in the Department of French and Italian at the University of Maryland, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Enunciating the Unsaid and the Historically 'Inconceivable' in the Words of Contemporary Francophone Morocco The Power of Engagement: Writing in/on the Front Lines of Politics and Culture in the New Morocco The Texts of Human Rights: Moroccan Prison Testimonials by Victims of the Lead Years Publishing Women: The Feminine Voices of Social Activists Sexuality, Gender, and the Homoerotic Novel of the New Morocco TelQuel: Morocco as it is in the Journals, Magazines and Newspapers of the Francophone Press The Humanist Individual in Contemporary Morocco Morocco on the Screen: Cinema in the New Morocco