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The Global South and Literature ed. by Russell West-Pavlov (review)

The Global South and Literature ed. by Russell West-Pavlov (review) BO OK R E VIEWS 609 Talbayev’s epilogue adds a necessary supplement to the book’s main theoretical thrust—which can be quite abstract at times—by directly addressing the contemporary political stakes of looking at the Maghreb in a Mediterranean context. She (successfully) treads a thin line here, defending the Mediterranean paradigm as promoting connectivity and inclusiveness while acknowledging at the same time that such postmodern models are too often depoliticized. The Mediterranean represents, for Talbayev, a political choice: she asks, “what does it mean to choose to be Mediterranean?” (190) Against reactionary authoritarian and Islamist “claims to the nation” in Maghrebi (and many other) societies, choosing to be Mediterranean offers for Talbayev a transnationalist, coalition-based progressive alternative. The Transcontinental Maghreb will be of obvious interest to scholars and students working in any combination of modern, French, francophone, Middle Eastern, postcolonial, and comparative Mediterranean literary studies. It is especially impressive in the historical and geographical breadth of its refer- ences: whether discussing Al-Andalus or 1990s Algeria, Talbayev succeeds in portraying the Maghreb’s constitutive diversity and multiplicity. An urgent new narrative of Maghrebi literature, this book shows that the Maghreb is not the Maghreb, and that the Mediterranean is not the Mediterranean: http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Comparative Literature Studies Penn State University Press

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BO OK R E VIEWS 609 Talbayev’s epilogue adds a necessary supplement to the book’s main theoretical thrust—which can be quite abstract at times—by directly addressing the contemporary political stakes of looking at the Maghreb in a Mediterranean context. She (successfully) treads a thin line here, defending the Mediterranean paradigm as promoting connectivity and inclusiveness while acknowledging at the same time that such postmodern models are too often depoliticized. The Mediterranean represents, for Talbayev, a political choice: she asks, “what does it mean to choose to be Mediterranean?” (190) Against reactionary authoritarian and Islamist “claims to the nation” in Maghrebi (and many other) societies, choosing to be Mediterranean offers for Talbayev a transnationalist, coalition-based progressive alternative. The Transcontinental Maghreb will be of obvious interest to scholars and students working in any combination of modern, French, francophone, Middle Eastern, postcolonial, and comparative Mediterranean literary studies. It is especially impressive in the historical and geographical breadth of its refer- ences: whether discussing Al-Andalus or 1990s Algeria, Talbayev succeeds in portraying the Maghreb’s constitutive diversity and multiplicity. An urgent new narrative of Maghrebi literature, this book shows that the Maghreb is not the Maghreb, and that the Mediterranean is not the Mediterranean:

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Comparative Literature Studies – Penn State University Press

Published: Oct 9, 2019

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