Writing Tangier in the postcolonial transition : space and power in expatriate and North African literature / Michael K. Walonen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Walonen, Michael K., 1979-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Expatriate authors--Morocco--Tangier--History--20th century.

Expatriate authors.

Authors, American--Morocco--Tangier--History--20th century.

Authors, American.

Authors, English--Morocco--Tangier--History--20th century.

Authors, English.

North African literature.

Social conditions.

History.

Tangier (Morocco)--In literature.

Tangier (Morocco).

Space in literature.

Morocco--Social conditions--20th century.

Morocco.

North African literature--20th century--History and criticism.

Postcolonialism in literature.

Morocco--Tangier.

Physical Description:

163 pages : maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2011]

Summary:

Walonen (Bethune-Cookman U., US) analyzes the dynamics of imagined alterity of socially produced space in the works of the expatriate authors who lived in Tangier and wrote about the Maghreb during 1945-69, a period in which Morocco was transitioning from colonial possession of France and Spain to an independent nation. He focuses on Paul Bowles, Jane Bowles, William Burroughs, Brion Gysin, and Alfred Chester. Among his topics are Jane Bowles' vision of spatial impenetrability, demystifying and remystifying the Maghreb in William Burrough's Tangier writings, and a counter-discourse of Tangierian space in the works of Tahar Ben Jelloun and Anouar Majid. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Introduction

The cultural dynamics of expatriate Tangier

Paul Bowles, approaching the Maghreb

Always on the outside: Jane Bowles's vision of spatial impenetrability

"Don't ever fall for this inscrutable oriental shit like Bowles puts down": demystifying and remystifying the Maghreb in William Burroughs's Tangier writings

Brion Gysin's conflictive Maghreb

Alfred Chester: in search of belonging through mapping and sex

A counter-discourse of Tangerian space in the works of Tahar ben Jelloun and Anouar Majid.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781409433811

1409433811

OCLC:

729721290