Vitality and dynamism : interstitial dialogues of language, politics, and religion in Morocco's literary tradition / edited by Kirstin Ruth Bratt, Youness M. Elbousty, Devin J. Stewart.
Emigration and quest for identity in Laila Lalami's Hope & Other Dangerous Pursuits, Akbib's 'The Lost Generation', and Fandi's Alien ... Arab ... and Maybe Illegal in America / by Ilham Boutob. How the West was won: the Arab conqueror and the serene Amazigh in Driss Chraïbi's La Mère du printemps / by Ziad Bentahar -- Cultural encounter in Moroccan postcolonial literature of English expression / by Mohamed Elkouche -- Intersections: Amazigh (Berber) literary space / by Daniela Merolla -- Writing in the feminine: the emerging voices of francophone Moroccan women writers / by Touria Khannous -- Tactile labyrinths and sacred interiors: spatial practices and political choices in Abdelmajid Ben Jalloun's Fí al-Tufúla and Ahmed Sefrioui's La boîte à merveilles / by Ian Campbell -- Monstrous offspring: disturbing bodies in feminine Moroccan francophone literature / by Naima Hachad -- Hegemonic discourse in Orientalists' translations of Moroccan culture / by Naima El Maghnougi -- The countercultural, liberal voice of Moroccan Mohamed Choukri and its affinities with the American Beats / by Anouar El Younssi -- Khatibi: a sociologist in literature / by Sam Cherribi & Matthew Pesce -- Emigration and quest for identity in Laila Lalami's Hope & Other Dangerous Pursuits, Akbib's 'The Lost Generation', and Fandi's Alien ... Arab ... and Maybe Illegal in America / by Ilham Boutob.
Summary:
Post-colonial theory recognizes that European and American scholars have traditionally defined the themes that are of interest in literary criticism; in Moroccan studies, these themes have tended toward questions of migration, identity, secularism, and religious fanaticism-typically questions regarding Morocco in its relationships with colonizing nations. This book intends to re-define the themes of interest in Moroccan studies, looking toward more local themes and movements and relationships of sub-cultures and languages within Morocco. Questions in this volume regard concepts of the self, conflicting discourses, intersections of self-identity and community, and Moroccan reclamation of identity in the post-colonial sphere.
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