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Writerly identities in Beur fiction and beyond / Laura Reeck.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Reeck, Laura, 1972-
- Series:
- After the empire.
- After the empire: the Francophone world and postcolonial France
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- North African fiction (French)--History and criticism.
- North African fiction (French).
- French fiction--Minority authors--History and criticism.
- French fiction.
- Identity (Psychology) in literature.
- Immigrants in literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (296 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, c2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- Acknowledgments; Preface; Introduction; Part I: Institutional Authorship and Cultural Literacy; Part II: Literary Adventurers and the World; Part III: Writing on the Edge/from the Periphery; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index; About the Author
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-182) and index.
- ISBN:
- 979-82-16-21813-5
- 1-283-31021-X
- 9786613310217
- 0-7391-4363-8
- OCLC:
- 761645726
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