Algerian imprints : ethical space in the work of Assia Djebar and Hélène Cixous /

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Born and raised in French Algeria, Assia Djebar and Hélène Cixous represent in their literary works signs of conflict and enmity, drawing on discordant histories so as to reappraise the political on the very basis of dissensus. In a rare comparison of these authors' writings, this book shows...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Weltman-Aron, Brigitte, 1961- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, [2015]
Subjects:
Djebar, Assia, > 1936-2015 > Criticism and interpretation.
Cixous, Hélène, > 1937- > Criticism and interpretation.
Cixous, Hélène, > 1937-
Djebar, Assia, > 1936-2015
Women and literature > Algeria.
Politics and literature > Algeria.
Femmes et littérature > Algérie.
Politique et littérature > Algérie.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Feminist.
Politics and literature
Women and literature
Literatur
Diskriminierung > Motiv
Algeria
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Colonial demarcations
  • The gravity of the body : Djebar's and Cixous's textuality
  • Going to school in French Algeria : the archive of colonial education
  • Poetics of language
  • Vanishing inscriptions : Djebar's poetics of the trace
  • Poetic inc. : language as hospitality in Cixous
  • Algerian war
  • The sound of broken memory : Djebar's women fighters
  • Allergy in the body politic : war in Cixous.

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