Postcolonial Counterpoint

Farid Laroussi is an associate professor in the Department of French, Hispanic, and Italian Studies at the University of British Columbia.

• 1. States of Postcolonial Reading 2. The Orient in Question 3. Orientalism and Postcolonial Studies 4. Unfinished (Literary) Business: Orientalism and the Maghreb 5. AndrÉ Gide and Imperial Dystopia6. Fables of Maghreb Nationhood 7. A View from DiversitÉ: Writing and Nation 8. The Challenge of Identities and the French Republic Conclusion: Elusive Convergence?

‘This is a bold yet erudite study of the postcolonial and the latent and internal Orientalism… It should be obligatory reading for all those who have, perhaps too often viewed the postcolonial as a means of looking outside the metropole.’- Joseph Ford (Modern Language Review vol 113:01:2018) "This study engages critically with the original arguments in [Edward Said’s] Orientalism, bringing new insights to Said’s text, while applying its implications to Franco-Maghrebi relations from the beginnings of colonization."- Charles Forsdick, University of Liverpool (University of Toronto Quarterly, vol 87 3, Summer 2018)