Francophone Voices of the "New" Morocco in Film and Print

(Re)presenting a Society in Transition
1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-1-349-37986-6
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US

Buch, Englisch, 262 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 366 g

This study of Moroccan society explores the country's culture through its literature, journalism and film. It examines transitions from traditionalism to modernity within the conflicted polemics of the post-9/11 world. Addresses issues including feminism, sexuality, gender and human rights and how they are conveyed in Moroccan media.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Orlando, V.

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio Filmgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturtheorie: Poetik und Literaturästhetik
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Postkoloniale Literatur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Enunciating the Unsaid and the Historically 'Inconceivable' in the Words of Contemporary Francophone Morocco The Power of Engagement: Writing in/on the Front Lines of Politics and Culture in the New Morocco The Texts of Human Rights: Moroccan Prison Testimonials by Victims of the Lead Years Publishing Women: The Feminine Voices of Social Activists Sexuality, Gender, and the Homoerotic Novel of the New Morocco TelQuel: Morocco as it is in the Journals, Magazines and Newspapers of the Francophone Press The Humanist Individual in Contemporary Morocco Morocco on the Screen: Cinema in the New Morocco

Über Autor(innen)

VALÉRIE K. ORLANDO is Associate Professor of French and Francophone Literatures and Cultures in the Department of French and Italian at the University of Maryland, USA.