Franco-Arab Encounters, Studies In Memory of David C. Gordon

Gordon, David C., and Brown, L. Carl, and Gordon, Matthew

ISBN 10: 0815660952 / ISBN 13: 9780815660958

Published by American University of Beirut, 1996

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Franco-Arab Encounters, Studies In Memory of David C. Gordon
• Publisher: American University of Beirut
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0815660952
• ISBN 13: 9780815660958
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

A collection of 19 essays interpreting the interaction between the French and Arab worlds and tracing the political, cultural, social, and intellectual implications. The contributing scholars explore the ideas of image and Self, racism, Algeria in the 19th century, relations between France and Lebanon, the discourses of sex and gender in French North Africa, France's Middle East policy, profile French critics Ismail Urbain and Frantz Fanon, explore French nationalism and North African immigration, and document changing French approaches to the modern history of the Arab world. Includes photographs and illustrations. Distributed by Syracuse U. Press. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.