| Postcolonial Counterpoint: Orientalism, France, and the Maghreb Contributor(s): Laroussi, Farid (Author) |
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ISBN: 1442648910 ISBN-13: 9781442648913 Publisher: University of Toronto Press OUR PRICE: $79.80 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - General - Literary Criticism | European - French - Political Science |
| Dewey: 840.935 |
| LCCN: 2016296585 |
| Series: University of Toronto Romance |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (1.10 lbs) 240 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - French |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 Andr 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Laroussi, Farid: - Farid Laroussi is an associate professor in the Department of French, Hispanic, and Italian Studies at the University of British Columbia. |