Description |
1 online resource (xxxiv, 173 pages) |
Contents |
List of Abbreviations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Ethnicizing the National, Nationalizing the Ethnic -- Chapter 2: The Society of Spectacle in Post-9/11 France -- Chapter 3: Reading Gender into Ethnicity -- Chapter 4: Of Lesbians and Cross-dressers -- Chapter 5: In the Shadow of the Republic -- Conclusion -- Filmography -- Bibliography -- About the Author |
Summary |
Interpreting the Republic focuses on contemporary French literary and cinematic works (1986-2003) that reflect on what it means to belong to a nation such as France by giving voice to those who find themselves marginalized by French society. While citizenship and belonging can be, and indeed are, interpreted differently depending on the socio-cultural and political context, it is the foundational universalist republican principle of egalitarianism that has remained the sacred cow of French society. One of the major claims of this study is that the rigidity of French national discourse that atte |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-166) and index |
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Includes filmography (pages 153-154) |
Notes |
English |
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Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed |
Subject |
Begag, Azouz, 1957- -- Criticism and interpretation
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SUBJECT |
Begag, Azouz, 1957- fast |
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French literature -- 20th century -- Influence
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Identity (Psychology) in literature.
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Marginality, Social -- France
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Motion pictures -- France -- Influence
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Alienation (Social psychology) in literature.
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French literature -- 21st century -- History and criticism
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- French.
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Alienation (Social psychology) in literature
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French literature
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French literature -- Influence
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Identity (Psychology) in literature
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Marginality, Social
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Motion pictures -- Influence
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France
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Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Form |
Electronic book
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LC no. |
2020739993 |
ISBN |
9780739165386 |
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0739165380 |
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1283098865 |
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9781283098861 |
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9786613098863 |
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6613098868 |
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