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| Translator's Note | ||
| Acknowledgments | ||
| Introduction: Is an "Experimental" Nation Possible? | 1 | |
| 1 | Nations of Writers | 11 |
| 1 | Cultural "Terrain" | 11 |
| 2 | A New Geolinguistics | 14 |
| 2 | Cities of Writers | 27 |
| 1 | The Imaginary of the Medina in Francophone Literature from the Maghreb | 27 |
| 2 | Algiers/Paris, or the City as a "Site of Memory": Merzak Allouache's Salut Cousin | 38 |
| 3 | Nabile Fares, or How to Become "Minoritarian" | 47 |
| 4 | Postcolonial Nations: Political or Poetic Allegories? (On Tahar Djaout's L'invention du desert) | 67 |
| 5 | (Hi)stories of Expatriation: Virtual Countries | 83 |
| 1 | Assia Djebar's La Nouba des femmes du Mont Chenoua: Introduction to the Cinematic Fragment | 83 |
| 6 | Multilingualism and National "Traits" | 99 |
| 1 | "Translating or Whiting Out Language": On Khatibi's Amour Bilingue | 99 |
| 2 | On Khatibi's Notion of the "Professional Traveler" | 124 |
| 3 | Writing Metafiction: On Khatibi's Le livre du sang | 135 |
| 7 | The Cartography of the Nation: Mouloud Feraoun's Le fils du pauvre Revisited | 149 |
| 8 | By Way of a Conclusion | 159 |
| App | Le Depays: On Chris Marker's Lettre de Siberie (1957) | 165 |
| Notes | 171 | |
| Index Nominum | 205 | |
| Index Reum | 209 |
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Jennifer Swingle
reviewed Experimental Nations: Or, the Invention of the Maghreb on February 22, 2014
Experimental Nations: Or, the Invention of the Maghreb
Language can be a bridge from one way of thinking to another person's culture, which is what this book provides. It isn't about clever puns, riveting plot twists, or flowing descriptions, it's about a culture that you've most likely never seen, told through the eyes of a man who is watching it crumble into dust. The language is basic English, probably 6th grade or middle school level, but it provides a fascinating glimpse into an Africa that doesn't exist anymore. It doesn't romanticize it either. People are killed in ways that modern Western views still find barbaric, but it's just a fact of life for this tribe, a sacred law. The white men that come later do things that are just as barbaric, and some try to enforce civilization in a way that doesn't seem so bad. The point-of-view turn at the very end of the book makes it for me... I won't spoil it, but it made me want to scream with indignity for a culture that was squandered. This book will make you see Africa in a different way, and you'll be better for it.
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Add Experimental Nations: Or, the Invention of the Maghreb, 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, Mo, Experimental Nations: Or, the Invention of the Maghreb to the inventory that you are selling on WonderClubX
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Add Experimental Nations: Or, the Invention of the Maghreb, 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, Mo, Experimental Nations: Or, the Invention of the Maghreb to your collection on WonderClub |
