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Informationen zum Autor Pamela Pears is associate professor of French at Washington College. Klappentext This book is situated between studies of the material object of the book and Algerian women's writing. It examines the iconographic depictions on book covers of three of the most studied francophone writers today, Assia Djebar, Nina Bouraoui, and Malika Mokeddem, among others, and shows how these covers have controlled the reception and interpretation of Algerian women's writing. Zusammenfassung This book is situated between studies of the material object of the book and Algerian women's writing. It examines the iconographic depictions on book covers of three of the most studied francophone writers today! Assia Djebar! Nina Bouraoui! and Malika Mokeddem! among others! and shows how these covers have controlled the reception and interpretation of Algerian women's writing. Inhaltsverzeichnis AcknowledgmentsChapter 1: Introduction: What's in/on a Cover? Chapter 2: The Orientalist PaintingChapter 3: The DesertChapter 4: The VeilChapter 5: The Author PhotographEpilogue: The Recto-Verso Effect BibliographyIndexAbout the Author

Product details

• Authors: Pamela A Pears, Pamela A. Pears, Pears Pamela A.
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2016
• EAN: 9780739198360
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-9836-0
• Series: After the Empire: The Francophone World & Postcolonial France; After the Empire: The Francoph; After the Empire: The Francophone World and Postcolonial France
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; French, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, LITERARY CRITICISM / African, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / French, LITERARY CRITICISM / Women Authors, Literary studies: general, Algeria, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls