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Reimagining North African Immigration : Identities in Flux in French Literature, Television, and Film by Machelidon, Véronique (editor);Saveau, Patrick (editor) is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Christiane Taubira's spirited invocation of colonial poetry at the French National Assembly in 2013 denounced the French politics of assimilation in Guyana . It was seen as an attempt to promote respect for difference, defend the equality of gay and heterosexual rights, and give a voice to silent social and cultural minorities. Taubira's unmatched passion for poetry and social justice, applied to the current Political arena, made her an instant star in the media and on the Internet. This book relates to the mimetic and transformative powers of literature and film. It examines literary works and films that help deflate stereotypes regarding France's post-immigration population, promote a new respect for cultural and ethnic minorities. The writers and filmmakers examined in the book have found new ways to conceptualize the French heritage of immigration from North Africa and to portray the current state of multiculturalism in France. The book opens with Steve Puig's helpful recapitulation of the development of beur, banlieue, and urban literatures, closely related and partly overlapping taxonomies describing the cultural production of second-generation, postcolonial immigrants to Fra

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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
Machelidon, Véronique (editor);Saveau, Patrick (editor)
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Published
2018
Language
EN
ISBN
9781526107664
Category
nonfiction
Subjects
History, Performing Arts, Literary Fiction

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