Transnational Spaces and Identities in the Francophone World (Paperback)

The 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, which has encompassed parts of Africa, the Middle East, Southeast Asia, and the Americas. Immigrants bear cultural traditions within themselves, transform "host" communities, and are, in turn, transformed. These migrations necessarily complicate ideals of national literature, culture, and history, forcing a reexamination and a rearticulation of these ideals. Exploring a variety of texts informed by these transnational conceptions of identity and space, the contributors to this volume reveal the vitality of Francophone studies within a broad range of disciplines, periods, and settings. They remind us that the idea and reality of "Francophonie" is not a late twentieth-century phenomenon but something that grows out of long-term interactions between colonizer and colonized and between peoples of different nationalities, ethnicities, and religions. Truly interdisciplinary, this collection engages conceptions of identity with respect to their physical, geographic, ethnic, and imagined realities.

General

Imprint:	University of Nebraska Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	France Overseas: Studies in Empire and Decolonization
Release date:	July 2009
First published:	July 2009
Editors:	Hafid Gafaiti • Patricia M.E. Lorcin • David G. Troyansky
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade / Trade
Pages:	488
ISBN-13:	978-0-8032-4452-8
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Population & demography > Immigration & emigration
LSN:	0-8032-4452-5
Barcode:	9780803244528

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