{"product_id":"contesting-the-classroom-reimagining-education-in-moroccan-and-algerian-literatures-9781802077452","title":"Contesting the Classroom: Reimagining Education","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eContesting the Classroom\u003c\/i\u003e is the first scholarly work to analyze both how Algerian and Moroccan novels depict the postcolonial classroom, and how postcolonial literatures are taught in Morocco and Algeria. Drawing on a corpus of contemporary novels in French and Arabic, it shows that authors imagined the fictional classroom as a pluralistic and inclusive space, often at odds with the narrow nationalist vision of postcolonial identity. Yet when authors wrote \u003ci\u003eabout \u003c\/i\u003ethe school, they also had to consider whether their work would be taught \u003ci\u003ein \u003c\/i\u003eschools. As this book’s original research on the teaching of literature shows, Moroccan and Algerian schools have largely failed to promote the works of local authors in public school curricula. This situation has dramatically altered literary portraits of education: novels marginalized in the public education system must creatively reimagine what pedagogy looks like and where it can take place. In illuminating a literary corpus neglected by political scientists and sociologists, \u003ci\u003eContesting the Classroom\u003c\/i\u003e shows that novels about the school are an important source of counter-narrative about education and national identity. At the same time, by demonstrating how education has influenced writing styles, this work reframes the classroom as a necessary cultural context for scholars of postcolonial literature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'By exploring the representation of the postcolonial classroom in a selection of Moroccan and Algerian novels, Twohig adds a significant contribution to the understanding of North African education, pedagogy, and language policies through literature. [...] Twohig’s rich and brilliant study convincingly demonstrates the centrality of literature to educational debates in Morocco and Algeria. [...] \u003ci\u003eContesting the Classroom\u003c\/i\u003e offers a distinctive and ground-breaking analysis of the many ways in which education is thought, challenged, and reimagined in Moroccan and Algerian literatures. The book is undeniably a valuable resource for scholars of North African Studies, Arabic and Francophone literature, educational sciences as well as language policies in the Maghreb and beyond. By weaving together close readings of novels and textbooks, political and historical contextualization, and broader reflections on the social and cultural implications of the literary portraits of education, Twohig meticulously dissects and reinterprets the complexity of Moroccan and Algerian educational literature.'Khalid Lyamlahy, \u003ci\u003eBulletin of Francophone Postcolonial Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘[A]n ambitious, well-written, interdisciplinary work... highly recommended to anyone interested in Maghrebi literature and the challenges of post-colonial education.’ Laurie A. Brand, \u003cem\u003eJournal of North African Studies\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003eA Note on Translation\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003eChapter One: Troubling Memories of Colonialism\u003cbr\u003eChapter Two: Decolonizing the Classroom\u003cbr\u003eChapter Three: Education and Violence in the Black Decade\u003cbr\u003eChapter Four: Resistance in a Minority Language\u003cbr\u003eChapter Five: Satirizing Education in Crisis\u003cbr\u003eConclusion\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eWorks Cited","brand":"Liverpool University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51360141934935,"sku":"9781802077452","price":29.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781802077452.jpg?v=1754126791","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/contesting-the-classroom-reimagining-education-in-moroccan-and-algerian-literatures-9781802077452","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}