Tactical Silence in the Novels of Malika Mokeddem |
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| Author:
| Evans, Jane E. |
| Series title: | Francopolyphonies Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-282-99166-8 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2010 |
| Publisher: | BRILL
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| Imprint: | Brill / Rodopi |
| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $62.00 |
Book Description:
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Tactical Silence in the Novels of Malika Mokeddem, an inquiry into how silence may be used to challenge a gender-differentiated power system, relies on Michel de Certeau s model of strategies and tactics applied to a postcolonial assessment of both Algerian literature in French as well as Algerian women s stereotyped silence. This book analyzes the relationship between tactical silence and freedom in the lives of Mokeddem s female protagonists in all her novels, published between 1990...
More DescriptionTactical Silence in the Novels of Malika Mokeddem, an inquiry into how silence may be used to challenge a gender-differentiated power system, relies on Michel de Certeau s model of strategies and tactics applied to a postcolonial assessment of both Algerian literature in French as well as Algerian women s stereotyped silence. This book analyzes the relationship between tactical silence and freedom in the lives of Mokeddem s female protagonists in all her novels, published between 1990 and 2008. The notion of deliberate silence also lends itself to a discussion of the reader s efforts in comprehending Mokeddem s textual silences as well as her exclusion of certain topics from her writings."