French Hospitality: Racism and North African Immigrants

by Tahar Ben Jelloun

Book Overview

The award-winning novelist and author of the international bestseller Racism Explained to My Daughter uses his own experience to illuminate the experience of the Other in his adopted land--and everywhere. A Moroccan who emigrated to France in 1971, Tahar Ben Jelloun draws upon his own encounters with racism along with his insights as a practicing psychologist and gifted novelist to elucidate the racial divisions that plague contemporary...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231113765
• ISBN13: 9780231113762
• Release Date: December 1999
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.3"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher