Postcolonial Paris: Fictions of Intimacy in the City of Light

by Laila Amine

Book Overview

In the global imagination, Paris is the city's glamorous center, ignoring the Muslim residents in its outskirts except in moments of spectacular crisis such as terrorist attacks or riots. But colonial immigrants and their French offspring have been a significant presence in the Parisian landscape since the 1940s. Expanding the narrow script of what and who is Paris, Laila Amine explores the novels, films, and street art of Maghrebis, Franco-Arabs,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0299315843
• ISBN13: 9780299315849
• Release Date: November 2021
• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"