Abdellah Taïa's queer migrations non-places, affect, and temporalities / edited by Denis M. Provencher and Siham Bouamer.
| Other author | Bouamer, Siham. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Lanham : Lexington Books, [2021] |
| Description | viii, 302 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | After the empire: the Francophone world and postcolonial France |
| Contents | On Place and Non-Place. "Sortir de tous les territoires": To Be a Racialized and Colonized Subject within France Today. Is There for Abdellah Taïa a There Where to Go and to Exist? / Ralph Heyndels -- Sexual Fluidity and Movements in Abdellah Taïa's L'armée du salut: The Birth of a Queer Moroccan Francophone Identity / Olivier Le Blond -- Marginal Masculinities: Disidentifying Sexual Performativity Across Abdellah Taïa's Novels / Daniel Maroun -- Affective Migration. He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not: Cruel Optimism in Abdellah Taïa's L'armée du salut / Siham Bouamer -- Queerness, Shame, and the Family in Abdellah Taïa's Epistolary Writing / Ryan K. Schroth -- Mourning and Reconciliation: Anger, Politics, and Love / Jean-Pierre Boulé -- Postcolonial Temporalities. Abdellah Taïa's Melancholic Migration: Oscillation between Solitude and Multitude / Thomas Muzart -- From the "Garçon du bled" to Tintin's Dog: The Interplay between Race and Sex in Abdellah Taïa's Un pays pour mourir and Celui qui est digne d'être aimé / Philippe Panizzon -- Adbellah Taïa's Transflilial Myth Making and Unfaithful Realms of Memory / Denis M. Provencher -- New directions and conclusions. The Voices of Reappropriation / Antoine Idier -- Des hommes fatigués / Abdellah Taïa -- Tired Men / Abdellah Taïa ; translated by Denis M. Provencher -- Conclusion: New Directions for Abdellah Taïa and the Field / Denis M. Provencher and Siham Bouamer. |
| Abstract | "The book is the first edited collection in English on Moroccan author Abdellah Taïa and frames the distinctiveness of his migration by considering current scholarship in French and Francophone studies, post-colonial studies, affect theory, queer theory, and language and sexuality"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2021018546 |
| ISBN | 9781793644862 (cloth) |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
Availability
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |