Writerly Identities in Beur Fiction and Beyond |
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| Author:
| Reeck, Laura |
| Series title: | After the Empire: the Francophone World and Postcolonial France Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7391-8332-8 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2013 |
| Publisher: | Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $54.99 |
Book Description:
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Writerly Identities in Beur Fiction and Beyond explores the Beur/banlieue literary and cultural field from its beginnings in the 1980s to the present. It examines the struggles of author-characters to attain self-identity and a place in the world through writing and authorship and engages this literary theme with a range of socio-cultural challenges facing contemporary France.
Writerly Identities in Beur Fiction and Beyond explores the Beur/banlieue literary and cultural field from its beginnings in the 1980s to the present. It examines the struggles of author-characters to attain self-identity and a place in the world through writing and authorship and engages this literary theme with a range of socio-cultural challenges facing contemporary France.