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Reimagining North African immigration: Identities in flux in French literature, television, and film
Full title: | Reimagining North African immigration: Identities in flux in French literature, television, and film |
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ISBN: | 9780719099489 |
ISBN 10: | 071909948X |
Authors: | |
Publisher: | Manchester University Press |
Edition: | 1 |
Num. pages: | 272 |
Binding: | Hardcover |
Language: | en |
Published on: | 2018 |
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Synopsis
This Volume Takes The Pulse Of French Post-coloniality By Studying Representations Of Trans-mediterranean Immigration To France In Recent Literature, Television And Film. The Writers And Filmmakers Examined Have Found New Ways To Conceptualize The French Heritage Of Immigration From North Africa And To Portray The State Of Multiculturalism Within - And In Spite Of - A Continuing Republican Framework. Their Work Deflates Stereotypes, Promotes Respect For Cultural And Ethnic Minorities And Gives A New Dignity To Subjects Supposedly Located On The Margins Of The Re Establishing A Productive Dialogue With Marianne Hirsch's Ground-breaking Concept Of Postmemory, This Volume Provides A Much-needed Vocabulary For Rethinking The Intergenerational Legacy Of Trans-mediterranean Immigrants. Edited By Véronique Machelidon And Patrick Saveau. Includes Bibliographical References, Filmographies, And Index.