| Description |
1 online resource. |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
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University of Toronto romance series
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University of Toronto romance series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
"Postcolonial Counterpoint is a critical study of Orientalism and the state of Francophone and postcolonial studies, examined through the lens of the historical and cross-cultural relations between France and North Africa. Thoroughly questioning the inability of Western academia to shake free of universalism and essentialism and come to grips with the Orientalism within postcolonial discourse, Farid Laroussi offers a cultural tour d'horizon which considers André Gide's writing on Algeria, literature by French authors of Maghrebi descent, and the conversation surrounding secularism and the headscarf in France. A provocative investigation of the place of Muslims and Islam in Francophone culture, Postcolonial Counterpoint asks how we must proceed if postcolonial studies is to make a difference in reconciling history, identity, citizenship, and Islam in the West."-- Provided by publisher. |
| Contents |
States of postcolonial reading -- The Orient in question -- Orientalism and postcolonial studies -- Unfinished (literary) business : orientalism and the Maghreb -- André Gide and imperial dystopia -- Fables of Maghreb nationhood -- A view from diversité : writing and nation -- The challenge of identities and the French Republic. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Gide, André, 1869-1951.
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Gide, André, 1869-1951. |
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French literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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French literature. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
French literature -- North African authors -- History and criticism.
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French literature -- North African authors. |
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Orientalism in literature.
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Orientalism in literature. |
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Postcolonialism in literature.
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Postcolonialism in literature. |
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Orientalism -- France.
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Orientalism. |
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France. |
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France -- Relations -- Africa, North.
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Relations. |
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North Africa. |
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Africa, North -- Relations -- France.
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Muslims -- France.
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Muslims. |
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Islam -- France.
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Islam. |
| Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Laroussi, Farid. Postcolonial counterpoint. Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, 2016 9781442648913 (OCoLC)927381786 |
| ISBN |
9781442619012 (electronic book) |
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1442619015 (electronic book) |
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9781442648913 |
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1442648910 |
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