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Book SynopsisThe dissolution of the French Empire and the ensuing rush of immigration have led to the formation of diasporas and immigrant cultures that have transformed French society and the immigrants themselves.
Transnational Spaces and Identities in the Francophone World examines the impact of this postcolonial immigration on identity in France and in the Francophone world.
Trade Review"The collection of essays, largely drawn from a conference held at Texas Tech in March 2002, examines how migratory movements throughout the francophone world have generated national and transnational cultures. Together, the contributors cover an impressive range of geographical spaces, chronologies (from the colonial to the postcolonial), disciplines, and genres, elucidating the multiplicity of francophone contexts where cultural confrontations have taken place." Kate Marsh,
Oxford Journals: French StudiesTable of ContentsEditors' Preface
Acknowledgments
Part 1. Colonialism and Immigration
1. The French Colonial Myth of a Pan-Mediterranean Civilization 000
Philip Dine
2. The Uncomfortable Inhabitants of French Colonial Modernity: Mandate Syria's Communities of Collaboration (19201946) 000
Keith David Watenpaugh
3. Race Making and Race Mixing in the Early Twentieth-Century Immigration Debate 000
Elisa Camiscioli
Part 2. Immigrant Spaces and Identities
4. Shantytown Republics: Algerian Migrants and the Culture of Space in the Bidonvilles 000
Neil MacMaster
5. Excluding the Harkis from Repatriate Status, Excluding Muslim Algerians from French Identity 000
Todd Shepard
6. The Transformation of French Identity in Mathieu Kassovitz's Films Métisse (1993) and La Haine (1995) 000
Alain Gabon
Part 3. Writing Algerian Identities
7. A Poet's Politics: Jean Sénac's Writings during the Algerian War 000
Robert Aldrich
8. Counterviolence and the Ethics of Nomadism: Malika Mokeddem's Reconstruction of Algerian Identity 000
Trudy Agar-Mendousse
9. Interpretation, Representation, and Belonging in the Works of Leïla Sebbar 000
Mary McCullough
Part 4. Jewish Migrations and Identities
10. Jews from Algeria and French Jewish Identity 000
Sarah Sussman
11. Anti-Arab and Anti-French Tendencies in Post-1948 Oriental Jewish Literature Written in French 000
Johann Sadock
12. The Figure of the Jew in North Africa: Memmi, Derrida, Cixous 000
Brigitte Weltman-Aron 000
Part 5. Francophone Spaces and Multiple Identities
13. Transnational Identities in the Novels of Amin Maalouf 000
Antony Johae
14. Madwoman in the Senegalese Muslim Attic: Reading Myriam Warner-Vieyra's Juletane and Mariama Bâ's Un chant écarlate 000
Joseph Militello
15. Gender, Exile, and Return in Viêt-Kiêu Literature 000
Georges Van Den Abbeele
16. Vietnamese Relationships: Confucian or Francophone Model 000
Ali Yédes
Part 6. Postmodern Sites and Identities
17. Feminism and Neocolonialism: Discursive Practices 000
Habiba Deming
18. The Self as Other: Yasmina Bouziane 000
David Prochaska
19. Displaying World Culture in Provincial France: Francophonie in Limoges 000
David G. Troyansky
Contributors 000
Index 000
