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The Resource The invention of the Maghreb : between Africa and the Middle East, Abdelmajid Hannoum, University of Kansas, (electronic resource)

The invention of the Maghreb : between Africa and the Middle East, Abdelmajid Hannoum, University of Kansas, (electronic resource)

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Summary
Under French colonial rule, the region of the Maghreb emerged as distinct from two other geographical entities that, too, are colonial inventions: the Middle East and Africa. In this book, Abdelmajid Hannoum demonstrates how the invention of the Maghreb started long before the conquest of Algiers and lasted until the time of independence, and beyond, to our present. Through an interdisciplinary study of French colonial modernity, Hannoum examines how colonialism made extensive use of translations of Greek, Roman, and Arabic texts and harnessed high technologies of power to reconfigure the region and invent it. In the process, he analyzes a variety of forms of colonial knowledge including historiography, anthropology, cartography, literary work, archaeology, linguistics, and racial theories. He shows how local engagement with colonial politics and its modes of knowledge were instrumental in the modern making of the region, including in its postcolonial era, as a single unit divorced from Africa and from the Middle East.--
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
1 online resource (x, 320 pages)
Contents
  • Geographic Imagination and Cartographic Power
  • The Trace and Its Narratives
  • Language, Race, and Territory
  • Naming and Historical Narratives
  • Strategies for the Present
  • Cracks
Isbn
9781108838160
Link
https://eui.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108937337
Instance
Label
The invention of the Maghreb : between Africa and the Middle East
Title
The invention of the Maghreb
Title remainder
between Africa and the Middle East
Statement of responsibility
Abdelmajid Hannoum, University of Kansas
Creator
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
Under French colonial rule, the region of the Maghreb emerged as distinct from two other geographical entities that, too, are colonial inventions: the Middle East and Africa. In this book, Abdelmajid Hannoum demonstrates how the invention of the Maghreb started long before the conquest of Algiers and lasted until the time of independence, and beyond, to our present. Through an interdisciplinary study of French colonial modernity, Hannoum examines how colonialism made extensive use of translations of Greek, Roman, and Arabic texts and harnessed high technologies of power to reconfigure the region and invent it. In the process, he analyzes a variety of forms of colonial knowledge including historiography, anthropology, cartography, literary work, archaeology, linguistics, and racial theories. He shows how local engagement with colonial politics and its modes of knowledge were instrumental in the modern making of the region, including in its postcolonial era, as a single unit divorced from Africa and from the Middle East.--
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1960-
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Hannoum, Abdelmajid
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
dictionaries
Series statement
Cambridge Social Sciences eBooks
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Decolonization
  • Africa, North
  • Africa, North
  • France
  • Africa, North
  • Africa, North
Label
The invention of the Maghreb : between Africa and the Middle East, Abdelmajid Hannoum, University of Kansas, (electronic resource)
Link
https://eui.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108937337
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Publication
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Geographic Imagination and Cartographic Power -- The Trace and Its Narratives -- Language, Race, and Territory -- Naming and Historical Narratives -- Strategies for the Present -- Cracks
Control code
CR9781108937337
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource (x, 320 pages)
Form of item
online
Isbn
9781108838160
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Other physical details
digital, PDF file(s).
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)1255528350
Label
The invention of the Maghreb : between Africa and the Middle East, Abdelmajid Hannoum, University of Kansas, (electronic resource)
Link
https://eui.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108937337
Publication
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Geographic Imagination and Cartographic Power -- The Trace and Its Narratives -- Language, Race, and Territory -- Naming and Historical Narratives -- Strategies for the Present -- Cracks
Control code
CR9781108937337
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource (x, 320 pages)
Form of item
online
Isbn
9781108838160
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Other physical details
digital, PDF file(s).
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)1255528350

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