Transnational Spaces and Identities in the Francophone World Book

Editors' Preface ix

Acknowledgments xxv

Part I Colonialism and Immigration

1 The French Colonial Myth of a Pan-Mediterranean Civilization Philip Dine 3

2 The Uncomfortable Inhabitants of French Colonial Modernity: Mandate Syria's Communities of Collaboration (1920-1946) Keith David Watenpaugh 24

3 Race Making and Race Mixing in the Early Twentieth-Century Immigration Debate Elisa Camiscioli 53

Part II Immigrant Spaces and Identities

4 Shantytown Republics: Algerian Migrants and the Culture of Space in the Bidonvilles Neil Macmaster 73

5 Excluding the Harkis from Repatriate Status, Excluding Muslim Algerians from French Identity Todd Shepard 94

6 The Transformation of French Identity in Mathieu Kassovitz's Films Metisse (1993) and La Haine (1995) Alain Gabon 115

Part III Writing Algerian Identities

7 A Poet's Politics: Jean Senac's Writings during the Algerian War Robert Aldrich 149

8 Counterviolence and the Ethics of Nomadism: Malika Mokeddem's Reconstruction of Algerian Identity Trudy Agar-Mendousse 182

9 Interpretation, Representation, and Belonging in the Works of Leila Sebbar Mary McCullough 200

Part IV Jewish Migrations and Identities

10 Jews from Algeria and French Jewish Identity Sarah Sussman 217

11 Anti-Arab and Anti-French Tendencies in Post-1948 Oriental Jewish Literature Written in French Johann Sadock 243

12 The Figure of the Jew in North Africa: Memmi, Derrida, Cixous Brigitte Weltman-Aron 264

Part V Francophone Spaces and Multiple Identities

13 Transnational Identities in the Novels of Amin Maalouf Antony Johae 289

14 Madwoman in the Senegalese Muslim Attic: Reading Myriam Warner-Vieyra's Juletane and MariamaBâ's Un chant écarlate Joseph Militello 303

15 Gender, Exile, and Return in Viêt-Kiêu Literature Georges Van Den Abbeele 321

16 Vietnamese Relationships: Confucian or Francophone Model Ali Yedes 344

Part VI Postmodern Sites and Identities

17 Feminism and Neocolonialism: Discursive Practices Habiba Deming 371

18 The Self as Other: Yasmina Bouziane David Prochaska 388

19 Displaying World Culture in Provincial France: Francophonie in Limoges David G. Troyansky 412

Contributors 429

Index 435