Vitality and Dynamism: Interstitial Dialogues of Language, Politics, and Religion in Morocco's Literary Tradition - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 9087282133 ISBN 13 : 9789087282134

Editeur : Leiden University Press, 2014

Synopsis

"Anti-colonial literature is not necessarily 'combat literature' as Fanon and Déjeux have both suggested in their own writings. While it is often combative, there is also anti-colonial literature that emphasizes the human and the humane rather than the oppositional and contentious; it cannot be fair to label all anti-colonial literature as combative, even if one were to expand the definition of "combat" to include peaceful struggles against oppression or dehumanization. This book suggests that the relationship between the West and the rest of the world has been imagined as a relationship of Self (the West) to Other (the rest of the world), ordered and bordered geographically by the whims of Europeans and creating a Center-Periphery paradigm. These invented boundaries of humanity serve to separate geographical sites, but more, they serve to enclose the Empire and exoticize other cultures. Boundaries are often spatial, but more often, they are related to relationships and colonialization."

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Kirstin Ruth Bratt is a professor of English, English pedagogy, and developmental studies at Saint Cloud State University.

Youness M. Elbousty is a professor of Arabic Language and Literature at the Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations department at Yale University.

Devin J. Stewart is a professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies at Emory.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

Post-colonial theory recognizes that European and American scholars have traditionally defined the themes that are of interest in literary criticism; in Moroccan studies, these themes have tended toward questions of migration, identity, secularism, and religious fanaticism-typically questions regarding Morocco in its relationships with colonizing nations. This book intends to re-define the themes of interest in Moroccan studies, looking toward more local themes and movements and relationships of sub-cultures and languages within Morocco. Questions in this volume regard concepts of the self, conflicting discourses, intersections of self-identity and community, and Moroccan reclamation of identity in the post-colonial sphere.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Leiden University Press
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 9087282133
• ISBN 13: 9789087282134
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 196
• Éditeur: Bratt Kirstin, Elbousty Youness, Stewart Devin
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible