{"product_id":"native-tongue-stranger-talk-the-arabic-and-french-literary-landscapes-of-lebanon-hardcover","title":"Native Tongue, Stranger Talk: The Arabic and French Literary Landscapes of Lebanon - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichelle Hartman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCan a reality lived in Arabic be expressed in French? Can a French-language\u003cbr\u003e literary work speak Arabic? In Native Tongue, Stranger Talk Hartman\u003cbr\u003e shows how Lebanese women authors use spoken Arabic to disrupt literary\u003cbr\u003e French, with sometimes surprising results. Challenging the common claim\u003cbr\u003e that these writers express a Francophile or colonized consciousness, this\u003cbr\u003e book demonstrates how Lebanese women writers actively question the political\u003cbr\u003e and cultural meaning of writing in French in Lebanon. Hartman argues\u003cbr\u003e that their innovative language inscribes messages about society into their\u003cbr\u003e novels by disrupting class-status hierarchies, narrow ethno-religious identities, \u003cbr\u003e and rigid gender roles. Because the languages of these texts reflect the\u003cbr\u003e crucial issues of their times, Native Tongue, Stranger Talk guides the reader\u003cbr\u003e through three key periods of Lebanese history: the French Mandate and\u003cbr\u003e Early Independence, the Civil War, and the postwar period. Three novels\u003cbr\u003e are discussed in each time period, exposing the contours of how the authors\u003cbr\u003e write Arabic in French to invent new literary languages.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichelle Hartman is associate professor of Arabic literature at the Institute of Islamic\u003cbr\u003e Studies, McGill University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 358\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.04 x 9.53 x 6.33 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 30, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51817254584608,"sku":"9780815633563","price":72.83,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/a4f7083d4f8829bf585764e4a13fa771.webp?v=1781098953","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/native-tongue-stranger-talk-the-arabic-and-french-literary-landscapes-of-lebanon-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}