Postcolonial Counterpoint - Orientalism, France, and the Maghreb (Hardcover)

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 Andre 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.

General

Imprint:	University of Toronto Press
Country of origin:	Canada
Series:	University of Toronto Romance Series
Release date:	March 2016
First published:	2016
Authors:	Farid Laroussi
Dimensions:	235 x 161 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	240
ISBN-13:	978-1-4426-4891-3
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > From 1900
LSN:	1-4426-4891-0
Barcode:	9781442648913

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