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Remnants of the Franco-Algerian rupture : archiving postcolonial minorities
- Title
- Remnants of the Franco-Algerian rupture : archiving postcolonial minorities / Mona El Khoury.
- Author
- El Khoury, Mona, 1985-
- Publication
- Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2020]
- ©2020
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Details
- Description
- viii, 307 pages; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "This book examines the colonial legacies and transnational identities of four minorities, orphans of Algeria: European settlers, Jews, mixed-race individuals, and Harkis. It argues that works of literature build an archive allowing the articulation of hidden histories and pays homage to the missing Algerian father, outcast of hegemonic narratives"--
- Series Statement
- After the empire : the Francophone world and postcolonial France
- Uniform Title
- After the empire.
- Subject
- Cixous, Hélène, 1937- > Criticism and interpretation
- Rahmani, Zahia, 1962- > Criticism and interpretation
- Bouraoui, Nina > Criticism and interpretation
- Sansal, Boualem > Criticism and interpretation
- 1954-1962
- Algerian fiction (French) > History and criticism
- Postcolonialism in literature
- Other (Philosophy) in literature
- Jews in literature
- Harkis in literature
- Racially mixed people in literature
- Pieds-Noirs in literature
- Collective memory in literature
- Algerian fiction (French)
- Algeria > History > Literature and the revolution. > Revolution, 1954-1962
- Algeria
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- History.
- Note
- Based on the author's thesis (doctoral)--Harvard University, 2016.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-299) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction -- From primal scenes to the Other('s) archive: mapping the (in)visibility of the Jews in Algeria in Hélène Cixous' Les réveries de la femme sauvage -- The construction of the "Harkive": giving a voice to the Harki Moze by Zahia Rahmani -- The "Métis" predicament: Nina Bouraoui's embodied memory of the colonial split -- "Aller postcolonial-Retour neocolonial"? The ambiguous memorial reintegration of the pieds-noirs in Algeria: Boualem Sansal's L'enfant fou de l'arbre creux -- Conclusion: Mosaic fathers and spectral truths.
- Call Number
- JFE 21-1257
- ISBN
- 9781793617699
- 1793617694
- 9781793617705 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2020032824
- OCLC
- 1182515778
- Author
- El Khoury, Mona, 1985- author.
- Title
- Remnants of the Franco-Algerian rupture : archiving postcolonial minorities / Mona El Khoury.
- Publisher
- Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2020]
- Copyright Date
- ©2020
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- After the empire : the Francophone world and postcolonial FranceAfter the empire.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-299) and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1954-1962
- Other Form:
- Online version: El Khoury, Mona, 1985- Remnants of the Franco-Algerian rupture Lanham : Lexington Books, 2020. 9781793617705 (DLC) 2020032825
- Research Call Number
- JFE 21-1257