Vitality And Dynamism : Interstitial Dialogues of Language, Politics, and Religion in Morocco's Literary Tradition /

"Anti-colonial literature is not necessarily 'combat literature' as Fanon and Déjeux have both suggested in their own writings. While it is often combative, there is also anti-colonial literature that emphasizes the human and the humane rather than the oppositional and contentious; it...

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Corporate Author:	Walter de Gruyter & Co
Other Authors:	Bentahar, Ziad (Contributor), Boutob, Ilham (Contributor), Bratt, Kirstin Ruth (Contributor), Bratt, Kirstin (Editor), Campbell, Ian (Contributor), Cherribi, Sam (Contributor), Elbousty, Youness (Editor), Elkouche, Mohamed (Contributor), Hachad, Naima (Contributor), Khannous, Touria (Contributor), Maghnougi, Naima El (Contributor), Merolla, Daniela (Contributor), Pesce, Matthew (Contributor), Stewart, Devin (Editor), Younssi, Anouar El (Contributor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	In English.
Published:	Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2022]
Subjects:	English literature > History and criticism > Morocco. Language and culture > Morocco. Language Studies. Language and Literature. Literary Theory, Criticism, and History. Literary studies: postcolonial literature. Morocco. Politics and Government. HISTORY / Africa / North. post-colonial literature, Literature, Morocco, Postcolonialism, religion. Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

Frontmatter
Contents
Preface
Introduction: The Vitality of Tradition
Chapter 1 How the West Was Won: The Arab Conqueror and the Serene Amazigh in Driss Chraïbi's La Mère du printemps
Chapter 2 Cultural Encounter in Moroccan Postcolonial Literature of English Expression
Chapter 3 Intersections: Amazigh (Berber) Literary Space
Chapter 4 Writing in the Feminine: The Emerging Voices of Francophone Moroccan Women Writers
Chapter 5 Tactile Labyrinths and Sacred Interiors: Spatial Practices and Political Choices in Abdelmajid Ben Jalloun's Fí al-Tufúla and Ahmed Sefrioui's La boîte à merveilles
Chapter 6 Monstrous Offspring: Disturbing Bodies in Feminine Moroccan Francophone Literature
Chapter 7 Hegemonic Discourse in Orientalists' Translations of Moroccan Culture
Chapter 8 The Countercultural, Liberal Voice of Moroccan Mohamed Choukri and Its Affinities with the American Beats
Chapter 9 Khatibi: A Sociologist in Literature
Chapter 10 Emigration and Quest for Identity in Laila Lalami's Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits, Akbib's 'The Lost Generation,' and Fandi's Alien ... Arab ... and Maybe Illegal in America
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