| Description |
1 online resource (xliv, 152 pages) |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- The return of the colonial in Le Clézio, Bona and Sebbar -- 17 October 1961: haunting in Kettane, Sebbar, Maspero and Daeninckx -- Writing from Algeria: haunted narratives in Cardinal and Cixous -- Abjection: the stranger within in Prévost and Bouraoui. |
| Summary |
This book examines the way in which France has failed to come to terms with the end of its empire, and is now haunted by the legacy of its colonial relationship with North Africa. It examines the form assumed by the ghosts of the past in fiction from a range of genres (travel writing, detective fiction, life writing, historical fiction, women's writing) produced within metropolitan France, and assesses whether moments of haunting may in fact open up possibilities for a renewed relational structure of cultural memory. By viewing metropolitan France through the prism of its relationship with its. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
French fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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French fiction. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
French fiction -- French-speaking countries -- History and criticism.
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French-speaking countries. |
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Postcolonialism in literature.
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Postcolonialism in literature. |
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Imperialism -- Psychological aspects.
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Imperialism -- Psychological aspects. |
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Imperialism. |
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Colonies in literature.
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Colonies in literature. |
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Literature and history -- France -- History -- 20th century.
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Literature and history. |
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France. |
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History. |
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Postcolonialism -- France.
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Postcolonialism. |
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Postcolonialism -- French-speaking countries.
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| Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Barclay, Fiona, 1973- Writing postcolonial France. Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, ©2011 9780739145036 (DLC) 2011014276 (OCoLC)713567415 |
| ISBN |
9780739145050 (electronic book) |
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0739145053 (electronic book) |
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9780739145036 |
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0739145037 |
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