Nomadic Voices of Exile - Feminine Identity in the Francophone Literature of the Maghreb

Contemporary French writing on the Maghreb -- that part of Africa above the Sahara -- is truly post-modern in scope, the rich product of multifaceted histories promoting the blending of two worlds, two identities, two cultures, and two languages.Nomadic Voices of Exile demonstrates how that postmodern sentiment has altered perceptions concerning Maghrebian feminine identity since the end of the French-colonial era. The authors discussed here, both those who reside in the Maghreb and those who have had to seek asylum in France, find themselves at the intersection of French and North African viewpoints, exposing a complicated world that must be negotiated and redefined.

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Contemporary French writing on the Maghreb—that part of Africa above the Sahara—is truly postmodern in scope, the rich product of multifaceted histories promoting the blending of two worlds, two identities, two cultures, and two languages.Nomadic

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• Authors: Valerie Orlando, Valerie K. Orlando
• Publisher: Ohio University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.07.1999
• EAN: 9780821412626
• ISBN: 978-0-8214-1262-6
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 23 mm
• Weight: 635 g
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies