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Branding the 'Beur' Author : Minority Writing and the Media in France.

Kleppinger, Kathryn A.

Branding the 'Beur' Author : Minority Writing and the Media in France. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (288 pages) - Contemporary French and Francophone Cultures Series ; v.36 . - Contemporary French and Francophone Cultures Series .

Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Illustrations -- 1. Authorship at a Crossroads -- 2. Mehdi Charef and the Invention of Beur Writing -- 3. Competing Visions of Minority Authorship -- 4. Eyewitness Narratives and the Creation of the Beurette -- 5. Rachid Djaïdani and the Shift from Beur to Banlieue Writing -- 6. Revising the Beurette Label -- 7. Sabri Louatah and the Collectif Qui Fait la France? -- Works Cited -- Index.

This book reconsiders authorship by the descendants of North African immigrants to France by consulting how these authors' novels have been discussed and promoted in the national audio-visual media.

9781781384800


Mass media and literature.
Mass media and minorities.
French fiction-Minority authors.
African fiction (French).


Electronic books.

PQ307.N67 K54 2015

840.71

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