France and the Maghreb : performative encounters / Mireille Rosello.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rosello, Mireille.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

North African literature (French)--French influences.

North African literature (French).

France--Relations--Africa, North.

France.

Africa, North--Relations--France.

Africa, North.

Africa, North--Civilization--French influences.

Africa, North--Intellectual life.

France--Cultural policy--Political aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (243 p.)

Place of Publication:

Gainesville : University Press of Florida, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Looking at writers, directors, and thinkers who are linked to the Maghreb, Mireille Rosello argues that new types of encounters between the French and the Algerians have the potential to counteract the negative force of history.

Contents:

Cover; Table of Contents vii; Acknowledgments ix; Introduction: What Are "Performative Encounters"? 1; 1 Football Games and National Symbols: Reconfiguration of the French-Algerian Border through Philosophy and Popular Culture 25; 2 Beyond Hybrid Identities: Endless Negotiations of Names, Religious Symbols, and National Identities in Assia Djebar's Fiction 48; 3 Linguistic Encounters: Maghrebi "Langualization" in Francophone Fiction 74; 4 Encounters between Historiographies: From Binational Archives to the Art of Telling "Mixed Memories" 109

5 Ghostly Encounters: On Forbidden Processions and on Listening to the Dead 1286 Encounters and Acrobats 165; Conclusion: Words in Passing: From Abd-el-Kebir's Smalato the Reading of Atlal 183; Notes 191; References 209; Index 223

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-221) and index.

ISBN:

0-8130-3775-1

OCLC:

735603579