Experimental Nations : : Or, the Invention of the Maghreb / / Réda Bensmaïa.

Jean-Paul Sartre's famous question, "For whom do we write?" strikes close to home for francophone writers from the Maghreb. Do these writers address their compatriots, many of whom are illiterate or read no French, or a broader audience beyond Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia? In Experim...

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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2009]
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Year of Publication:2009
Edition:Course Book
Language:English
Series:Translation/Transnation ; 19
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Translation Note
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Is an "Experimental" Nation Possible?
  • 1. Nations of Writers
  • 2. Cities of Writers
  • 3. Nabile Farès, or How to Become "Minoritarian"
  • 4. Postcolonial Nations: Political or Poetic Allegories?
  • 5. (Hi)stories of Expatriation: Virtual Countries
  • 6. Multilingualism and National "Traits"
  • 7. The Cartography of the Nation
  • 8. By Way of a Conclusion
  • Appendix: Le Dépays: On Chris Marker's Lettre de Sibérie (1957)
  • Notes
  • Index Nominum
  • Index Reum