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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456468503321

Autore

Barclay Fiona <1973->

Titolo

Writing postcolonial France [[electronic resource] ] : haunting, literature, and the Maghreb / / Fiona Barclay

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Md., : Lexington Books, 2011

ISBN

1-283-16339-X

9786613163394

0-7391-4505-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (212 p.)

Disciplina

843/.91409

Soggetti

French fiction - 20th century - History and criticism

French fiction - French-speaking countries - History and criticism

Postcolonialism in literature

Imperialism - Psychological aspects

Colonies in literature

Literature and history - France - History - 20th century

Postcolonialism - France

Postcolonialism - French-speaking countries

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- The return of the colonial in Le Clézio, Bona and Sebbar -- 17 October 1961: haunting in Kettane, Sebbar, Maspero and Daeninckx -- Writing from Algeria: haunted narratives in Cardinal and Cixous -- Abjection: the stranger within in Prévost and Bouraoui.

Sommario/riassunto

This book is the first literary study to examine how France has failed to come to terms with the end of its empire, and is now haunted by the legacy of its colonial relationship with North Africa. It examines the form assumed by the ghosts of the past in fiction from a range of genres (travel writing, detective fiction, life writing, historical fiction, women's writing) produced within metropolitan France, and assesses the implications of haunting for French cultural memory.