Picturing the Maghreb Literature, Photography, (Re)Presentation |
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| Author:
| Vogl, Mary B. |
| Series title: | After the Empire: the Francophone World and Postcolonial France Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7425-1546-8 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2002 |
| Publisher: | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $55.00 |
Book Description:
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Picturing the Maghreb critiques photographic and verbal representations, with a focus on four of the most prominent French-language writers of recent years: Michel Tournier, J.M.G. Le ClZzio, Tahar Ben Jelloun and Le la Sebbar. Their activist writing reframes a picture of Maghreb produced by two centuries of Orientalist misrepresentation. The book explores photography as a metaphor for other sorts of representation and examines the cultural impact of actual photographs.
Picturing the Maghreb critiques photographic and verbal representations, with a focus on four of the most prominent French-language writers of recent years: Michel Tournier, J.M.G. Le ClZzio, Tahar Ben Jelloun and Le la Sebbar. Their activist writing reframes a picture of Maghreb produced by two centuries of Orientalist misrepresentation. The book explores photography as a metaphor for other sorts of representation and examines the cultural impact of actual photographs.