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Precarious Lives and Marginal Bodies in North Africa
Marginal Bodies and Precarious Lives in North Africa: Homo Expendibilis presents an examination of North African literature situated at the crossroads of literary analysis, political philosophy, and sociology. The author analyzes social categories in relation to civil and social protections and in particular, the ways in which disruptions to these protections can lead to social degeneration. The author’s analysis starts from the premise that precarious lives in North Africa have become true bodies of exception. In other words, they are deemed dangerous, expendable and unworthy of the rights and treatment accorded to full citizens. Thus, the author assesses portrayals of violence in contemp...
State Power, Stigmatization, and Youth Resistance Culture in the French Banlieues
State Power, Stigmatization, and Youth Resistance Culture in the French Banlieues: Uncanny Citizenship foregrounds the literary, sociological, and political structures of urban literature in France. It uses postcolonial theory, sociology, and political philosophy to investigate the modalities surrounding the question of citizenship in a country where citizens of African descent are not only considered a threat to national identity, but also caught between inclusion and exclusion. By examining the literary, sociological, and political structures of urban literatures produced after the 2005 riots, this book interrogates the questions of citizenship, belonging, and coexistence in a context wher...
Figures de l'histoire et imaginaire au Cameroun
Qu'elle soit entendue comme conscience à l'oeuvre ou comme vécu, l'histoire n'est point, affirme Edouard Glissant, l'affaire des seuls historiens. Voilà qui explique qu'à partir d'angles disciplinaires variés, ce livre interroge les rapports souvent mâtinés de compréhension voire de complicité mais quelquefois aussi de conflits entre histoire et mémoire, mémoire et représentations, rapports qui s'écrivent au Cameroun, tantôt en continu tantôt en pointillés...
French XX Bibliography
Provides the listing of books, articles, and book reviews concerned with French literature since 1885. This is a reference source in the study of modern French literature and culture. It contains nearly 8,800 entries.
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