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Postcolonial Counterpoint: Orientalism, France, and the Maghreb
Farid Laroussi
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Description for Postcolonial Counterpoint: Orientalism, France, and the Maghreb
Hardback. 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. Series: University of Toronto Romance Series. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 2ADF; DSB; HBJD; JHB; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
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 Andre 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, ... Read more
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 Andre 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, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Series
University of Toronto Romance Series
Condition
New
Weight
536g
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Toronto, Canada
ISBN
9781442648913
SKU
V9781442648913
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About Farid Laroussi
Farid Laroussi is an associate professor in the Department of French, Hispanic, and Italian Studies at the University of British Columbia.
Reviews for Postcolonial Counterpoint: Orientalism, France, and the Maghreb
`This is a bold yet erudite study of the postcolonial and the latent and internal Orientalism... It should be obligatory reading for all those who have, perhaps too often viewed the postcolonial as a means of looking outside the metropole.'
Joseph Ford
Modern Language Review vol 113:01:2018
This study engages critically with the original arguments in ... Read more
Joseph Ford
Modern Language Review vol 113:01:2018
This study engages critically with the original arguments in ... Read more