Description
Book SynopsisExplores Franco-Maghrebi crossings in contemporary art, giving particular attention to performance, video, photography and installation. It is the first book to focus on postcolonial approaches to art in France and the wider French-speaking world. -- .
Table of ContentsIntroduction: Visualising Franco-Maghrebi identities
1. Art, fashion and veiling: Majida Khattari’s défilé-performances
2. Performing the veil in urban and virtual spaces: Princess Hijab and Niqabitch secoue Paris
3. Belly dancing to the Marseillaise: crossing cultures and media in the art of Zoulikha Bouabdellah
4. Transculturation and ‘veiling the mind’ in the art of Zineb Sedira
5. Visualising diversity: renegotiating ‘home’ in video art by Katia Kameli
6. New orientations in the art of travel: Maghrebi and Mediterranean journeys in video and photography
Conclusion: transnational art in a Francophone frame
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