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Reconnaissance au Maroc is Charles de Foucauld’s adventurous account of his Moroccan explorations. For eleven months in 1883–84, Foucauld travelled through a country then off-limits to Europeans, documenting its landscape and charting its waterways. He travelled in disguise as a Russian rabbi, Joseph Aleman, accompanied by the real rabbi Mardochée Aby Serour, and sought hospitality in the mellahs, Jewish quarters, of villages along their route. Foucauld meticulously recorded every day of his time in Morocco, and by the time his memoir was published in 1888 it had already garnered praise in France and the prestigious gold medal from the Société de Géographie de Paris. The book is more...
The Narrative Mediterranean: Beyond France and the Maghreb examines literary texts by writers from the Maghreb and positions them in direct relation to increasingly querulous debates on the shifting identity of the modern Mediterranean. This book argues that reading works by writers such as Albert Camus and Tahar Ben Jelloun alongside authors such as Fawzi Mellah and Mahi Binebine in a transnational rather than binary interpretive framework transcends a colonial and postcolonial bind in which France is the dominant point of reference. While focusing on works in French, this book also examines Maghrebi authors who write in Italian. The texts examined in The Narrative Mediterranean critique na...
This book explores queer identity in Morocco through the work of author and LGBT activist Abdellah Taïa, who defied the country's anti-homosexuality laws by publicly coming out in 2006. Engaging postcolonial, queer and literary theory, Tina Dransfeldt Christensen examines Taïa's art and activism in the context of the wider debates around sexuality in Morocco. Placing key novels such as Salvation Army and Infidels in dialogue with Moroccan writers including Driss Chraïbi and Abdelkebir Khatibi, she shows how Taïa draws upon a long tradition of politically committed art in Morocco to subvert traditional notions of heteronormativity. By giving space to silenced or otherwise marginalised voices, she shows how his writings offer a powerful critique of discourses of class, authenticity, culture and nationality in Morocco and North Africa.
دراسة في منهج الأدب المقارن الحديث أتخذ فيه المؤلف من منهجية تدريس المؤلفات الأدبية السردية المنبثقة من ثقافتين موضوع بحث يكشف عن بيداغوجيا تدريس هذا المكون وديدكتيكه
Dans cette livraison (numéro double) de la revue Awal (produit d'une enquête menée dans le cadre du Fonds de solidarité prioritaire-Maghreb, Fondation Maison des sciences de l'homme, Paris), nous avons tenté d'explorer les différentes manières d'appréhender la culture, que ce soit dans le cadre traditionnel (poètes, danseurs, chanteurs, artisans) ou par l'intermédiaire de ses agents (ethnologues et/ou chercheurs du domaine), qui ont essayé de fournir des clés permettant une transmission parfois en conformité avec les règles de la tradition, parfois en empruntant des aspects au monde dans lequel ils vivent... Cette transmission marquée d'hybridité est peut-être, de loin, la p...
This study of Moroccan society explores the country's culture through its literature, journalism and film. It examines transitions from traditionalism to modernity within the conflicted polemics of the post-9/11 world. Addresses issues including feminism, sexuality, gender and human rights and how they are conveyed in Moroccan media.
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