This volume takes the pulse of French post-coloniality by studying representations of trans-Mediterranean immigration to France in recent literature, television and film. The writers and filmmakers examined have found new ways to conceptualize the French heritage of immigration from North Africa and to portray the state of multiculturalism within - and in spite of - a continuing Republican framework. Their work deflates stereotypes, promotes respect for cultural and ethnic minorities and gives a new dignity to subjects supposedly located on the margins of the Republic. Establishing a productive dialogue with Marianne Hirsch's ground-breaking concept of postmemory, this volume provides a much-needed vocabulary for rethinking the intergenerational legacy of trans-Mediterranean immigrants.

About the Author

Veronique Machelidon is Associate Professor of Foreign Languages and Literatures at Meredith College in Raleigh, North Carolina

Patrick Saveau is Professor of French and Cultural Studies at Franklin University Switzerland

Book Information
ISBN 9780719099489
Author Veronique Machelidon
Format Hardback
Page Count 272
Imprint Manchester University Press
Publisher Manchester University Press
Dimensions(mm) 234mm * 156mm * 16mm