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Emergent Voices is the first study of the earliest novels and films by (North) African immigrant women and their daughters in France, from 1981 to 2001. Across three sections, each of which delves into one film and one novel, this book examines how immigrant mothers, schoolgirls, and young adult women are narrated as people who reimagine national identity. Section One, "Challenging the Inside" analyzes Le Petit Prince de Belleville by Calixthe Beyala and Inch'Allah dimanche by Yamina Benguigui, dissecting how immigrant mothers refuse to be contained physically or symbolically by either the French or their families. Section two looks at how schoolgirls juggle ideological conflict when they travel "Outside" to go to school, in Georgette ! by Farida Belghoul and Le Petit chat est mort by Fejria Deliba. Section three explores the identities of young adult women, as represented in Souviens-toi de moi by Zaïda Ghorab and Le Fou de Shérazade by Leïla Sebbar. These protagonists find belonging in their French and immigrant communities by playing a dangerous game of manipulating signs of identity and slipping across borders. Ultimately, these emergent creative voices stretch national boundaries and pave the way for more inclusive models of imagined community to develop.
Contents
Contexts: Getting Inside the Issues
The Context of Emergent Voices
Contexts of Nations
Illustrative Context: The Inside Story of Le Thé à la menthe (1984)
Section One: Challenging the Inside
Chapter One: Exile, Identity, and the Female Body in Calixthe Beyala's Le petit prince de Belleville (1992)
Chapter Two: Rewriting Territory from the Inside Out in Yamina Benguigui's Inch'Allah dimanche (2001)
Section Two: Seeking Outside
Chapter Three: Disrupted Ideologies and Secret Subjectivities in Farida Belghoul's Georgette ! (1986)
Chapter Four: Stepping Out and Slipping In: Geopolitical Intertextuality in Fejria Deliba's Le Petit chat est mort (1991)
Section Three: Passing Through Walls
Chapter Five: Cross-Dressing National Identity in Zaïda Ghorab's Souviens-toi de moi (1995)
Chapter Six: Stolonic National Identity in Leïla Sebbar's Le Fou de Shérazade (1991)
Conclusion
Emergent Trailblazing
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