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Postcolonial counterpoint : orientalism, France, and the Maghreb

Laroussi, Farid, author

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\"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 André 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.\"-- Provided by publisher.

• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Subject: Gide, André, 1869-1951. / 1900 - 1999 / French literature 20th century History and criticism. / French literature North African authors History and criticism. / Orientalism in literature. / Postcolonialism in literature. / Orientalism France. / Muslims France. / Islam France. / French literature. / French literature North African authors. / International relations. / Islam. / Muslims. / Orientalism. / France Relations Africa, North. / Africa, North Relations France. / Africa, North. / France.
• ISBN: 9781442648913, 1442648910

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
PQ307.O75 L37 2016	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE