Writing Tangier in the Postcolonial Transition: Space and Power in Expatriate and North African Literature...

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Michael K. Walonen

Writing Tangier in the Postcolonial Transition

Space and Power in Expatriate and North African Literature

Michael K. Walonen

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Routledge
14 October 2024

Literary studies: from c 1900 -; Literary studies: post-colonial literature; African history; Social & cultural history; Colonialism & imperialism

In his study of the Tangier expatriate community, Michael K. Walonen analyzes the representations of French and Spanish Colonial North Africa by Paul Bowles, Jane Bowles, William Burroughs, Brion Gysin, and Alfred Chester during the end of the colonial era and the earliest days of post-independence. The conceptualizations of space in these authors' descriptions of Tangier, Walonen shows, share common components: an attention to the transformative potential of the conflict sweeping the region; a record of the power relations that divided space along lines of gender and ethnicity, including the spatial impact of the widespread sexual commerce between Westerners and natives; a vision of the Maghreb as a land that can be dominated or imposed on as a kind of frontier space; an expression of anxieties about the specters of Cold War antagonisms; and an embrace of the underlying logic of the market to the culture of the Maghreb. Counterbalancing the depictions of Tangier by Westerners who sought to reconcile their nostalgia for the colonial order with their support of native demands for independent governance is Walonen's extended analysis of the contrasting sense of place found in the writings of native Moroccan authors such as Mohammed Choukri, Tahar Ben Jelloun, and Anouar Majid. In its focus on Tangier and the larger Maghreb as a lived environment situated at a particular spatial and temporal crossroads, Walonen's study makes an important contribution to the fields of urban, transatlantic, and postcolonial studies.

By: Michael K. Walonen
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 326g
ISBN: 9781032929071
ISBN 10: 1032929073
Pages: 176
Publication Date: 14 October 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 The Cultural Dynamics of Expatriate Tangier; Chapter 3 Paul Bowles, Approaching the Maghreb; Chapter 4 Always on the Outside: Jane Bowles’s Vision of Spatial Impenetrability; Chapter 5 “Don’t ever fall for this inscrutable oriental shit like Bowles puts down”: Demystifying and Remystifying the Maghreb in William Burroughs’s Tangier Writings; Chapter 6 Brion Gysin’s Conflictive Maghreb; Chapter 7 Alfred Chester: In Search of Belonging Through Mapping and Sex; Chapter 8 A Counter-Discourse of Tangerian Space in the Works of Tahar Ben Jelloun and Anouar Majid; aft Afterword;

Michael K. Walonen is an Assistant Professor of English at Bethune-Cookman University. His work, situated at the disciplinary intersection of cultural studies and social geography, focuses on transnational and American regional literature.

Reviews for Writing Tangier in the Postcolonial Transition: Space and Power in Expatriate and North African Literature

'... the author has to be praised for his relevant selection of authors and texts, and his systematic analysis of two interesting issues: contrast in non-native and native writings, and contrast among the views of English-speaking writers. Another significant strength of the text is the author’s concise, lucid, and accessible writing style... the book can be highly recommended. It is a noteworthy contribution to the field of postcolonial African Studies, and it will be greatly appreciated by any scholar wishing to have a comprehensive reading of a wide variety of complex themes related to expatriate literature in general, and English-speaking intellectual circles in Morocco in particular.' African Studies Quarterly 'Writing Tangier in the Postcolonial Transition serves as a fine example of the sort of work the author’s subject deserves. It is well-written, contains two very useful maps, and a helpful bibliography.' Transnational Literature