Banlieue Writers: the Struggle for Literary Recognition Through Collective Mobilization

2018 ◽  
pp. 44-59
Author(s):  
Kaoutar Harchi ◽  
Jenny Money ◽  
Kathryn Kleppinger ◽  
Laura Reeck
Keyword(s):  
Short Stories ◽  
Cultural Production ◽  
French Literature ◽  
Ethnically Diverse ◽  
Social Categorization ◽  
Immigrant Parents ◽  
Diverse Populations ◽  
Literary Field ◽  
Artistic Value ◽  
Subjective Meanings

This chapter focuses on processes of social categorization used in the French literary field to define authors born in France to postcolonial immigrant parents. In 2007, the collective 'Qui fait la France?' released a volume of short stories called Chroniques d’une société annoncée, prefaced by its manifesto that was also released to the popular press. Composed of authors self-identifying as having 'mixed identities', the collective aimed through the publication of their manifesto and short stories to transform French literature through narrating and recognizing the unique histories, suffering, and aspirations of ethnically diverse populations. Meanwhile, its reception demonstrated how judgments of artistic value for cultural production by French artists of postcolonial immigrant heritage reveal problems tied to the conditions, modalities, and process of categorizing literary production. Through a sociological reconstruction of the formal and subjective meanings that each individual (artist, journalist, publisher, producer, etc.) ascribes to his/her actions, this chapter exposes the various logics through which artistic labelling based on social criteria establishes hierarchies and categories that structure the French literary field.

scholarly journals Arab Diasporic Writing

2004 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 147-149
Author(s):  
Carol Fadda-Conrey
Keyword(s):  
Short Stories ◽  
Cultural Production ◽  
Associate Professor ◽  
Francophone Literature ◽  
Immigrant Parents ◽  
Leila Sebbar ◽  
Self And Other ◽  
University Of Louisville ◽  
The University ◽  
At Home

The panel entitled “Arab Diasporic Writing: Figurations of Space andIdentity” was held on Friday, February 27, at the 2004 Twentieth CenturyLiterature conference at the University of Louisville, Kentucky. Organized by Carol Fadda-Conrey, the panel featured presentations by Professor SyrineHout and Lisa A. Weiss on two Arab diasporic writers, Rabih Alameddineand Leïla Sebbar, respectively.Syrine Hout, an associate professor of English at the AmericanUniversity of Beirut, presented a paper entitled “Lebanon ‘Revisited’:Memory, Self, and Other in Rabih Alameddine’s The Perv.” Singling outAlameddine as an example of Anglophone novelists of the Lebanese diaspora,Hout’s presentation handled complex themes of memory, nostalgia,the homeland, and relationships that generate binding ties in her analysis ofthe short stories featured in The Perv. Published in July 1999, this isAlameddine’s second work of fiction. Comprising eight short stories, ThePerv presents in-depth portrayals of characters in various states of exile anddisplacement, both mental and physical, cultural and psychological.In her analysis, Hout presented the cogent case that Alamaddine shows,by way of his characters, all of whom have been affected by the Lebanesecivil war, how homesickness is more of a “sickness of home,” manifested bywhat Hout defines as “critical memory of the immediate past of the civilwar.” The presentation’s overriding argument, systematically upheld byHout, shows how the notion of “being at home,” as represented in this work,“is not about belonging to a piece of land but about having a peace of mindwhich can be enjoyed anywhere.” In her reading of the first story, “ThePerv,” and the subsequent stories, Hout arrived at an interesting conclusion:Sammy, the title story’s main character, is actually the creator of the othercharacters in the collection to such an extent that he and Alameddine becomeone and the same person. Hout’s analysis of “being at home” in The Perv asbeing engendered “by an emotional reality [more] than a spatial one” bringsto the forefront significant concerns in the study of diasporic literature.Such thematic concerns were also addressed and probed by Lisa Weissin her presentation entitled “‘Arab’ Paris: Reinterpreting the City-Centerthrough the Writings of Leïla Sebbar.” Weiss, a Ph.D. candidate in Frenchand Francophone literature at the University of California, Santa Cruz,lived in Paris during 2003, teaching at the UC Paris Study Center andresearching “Beur” cultural production. She identifies “Beur” as a “colloquialidentification-term from the 1980s used for second- and third-generationFrench citizens born in France to North African immigrant parents.” ...

Cultural interface

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Kahn ◽  
Mark Lipovetsky ◽  
Irina Reyfman ◽  
Stephanie Sandler
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Production ◽  
Russian Literature ◽  
Court Culture ◽  
Literary Field ◽  
Ritual Performance ◽  
Civic Spaces ◽  
The Social ◽  
Cultural Interface ◽  
New Vision ◽  
The Church

The chapter contextualizes the literary developments of the second half of the seventeenth century, including the changes in education and print culture. A new vision of court culture, expanding administration, and ecclesiastical reforms provided new contexts for writing, as well as innovations in the theater and in poetry. The spaces represented in Russian literature were, as previously, the monastery and the church. The court moved into the limelight as a center of cultural production. The social reality of the period did not entirely foster the creation of civic spaces or an autonomous literary field, and writing had to adapt to the control of the authorities. Opportunities for the ritual performance of the liturgy and at court expanded considerably during the last decades of the seventeenth under the aegis of Tsar Aleksei. Orthodox proponents of neo-humanist culture who worked in Moscow succeeded in transforming the uses of rhetoric during ceremonial occasions.

Expanding a Conversation: Is How We Live as a Culturally Diverse Society Congruent With Our Underlying Assumptions, Methodologies, and Theories Regarding Change?

2010 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher Anne Easley
Keyword(s):  
Culturally Diverse ◽  
Ethnically Diverse ◽  
Intervention Strategies ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Change Processes ◽  
Diverse Populations ◽  
Contextual Framework ◽  
Diverse Society ◽  
Discourse Strategies ◽  
Diverse Cultures

Our world is very culturally and ethnically diverse. Although there is so much beauty in the diversity of our world, the multiplicity of cultures can be very challenging when working to evoke change. Therefore, in an effort to better serve the realities of our environment, this article examines the question, “Is there a need for a different awareness on the part of researchers and/or intervention strategists when working to evoke change within diverse cultures, organizations, and/or communities?” And, equally important, how do we gain this awareness as we engage in change processes? Within the contextual framework of this question, this article also discusses the consequences that can and do emerge when one uses intervention strategies that may be grounded in generalized theory and practice when working within culturally and ethnically diverse populations. It concludes with a posit that suggests the need to evoke a more culturally sensitive approach to change, which is built on the use of discourse strategies that address the individualities of the environments, giving privilege to the diversity and culture.

The PTGDR gene is not associated with asthma in 3 ethnically diverse populations

2006 ◽  
Vol 118 (6) ◽  
pp. 1242-1248 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y TSAI ◽  
S CHOUDHRY ◽  
J KHO ◽  
K BECKMAN ◽  
H TSAI ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ethnically Diverse ◽  
Diverse Populations

scholarly journals A violence-prevention and evaluation project with ethnically diverse populations

2001 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 48-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abbey Alkon ◽  
Jeanne M Tschann ◽  
Susan H Ruane ◽  
Mimi Wolff ◽  
Amy Hittner
Keyword(s):  
Violence Prevention ◽  
Ethnically Diverse ◽  
Diverse Populations ◽  
Evaluation Project

Transition to Adulthood: Perspectives of Korean Immigrant Parents of Individuals With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

2021 ◽  
pp. 216514342110434
Author(s):  
Irang Kim ◽  
Sarah Dababnah
Keyword(s):  
Developmental Disabilities ◽  
Transition To Adulthood ◽  
Culturally Responsive ◽  
Ethnically Diverse ◽  
The United States ◽  
Immigrant Parents ◽  
Intellectual And Developmental Disabilities ◽  
Korean Immigrant ◽  
Culturally Responsive Practice ◽  
Korean Immigrant Parents

As the United States grows more racially and ethnically diverse, Koreans have become one of the largest ethnic minority populations. We conducted this qualitative study to explore the perspectives of Korean immigrant parents about their child’s future and the factors that shape those perspectives. We used modified grounded theory methods. Twenty Korean immigrant parents of children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities participated in the study. Four themes emerged: navigating complicated and limited service systems, maintaining safety and relationships through work and higher education, ongoing parental care at home, and the need for culturally relevant adult services. We discuss implications for culturally responsive practice and inclusive research.

scholarly journals Perbandingan Antologi Cerpen Batu-Batu Setan Karya M. Fudoli Zaini Dan Lukisan Kaligrafi Karya A. Mustofa Bisri

ATAVISME ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 143-157
Author(s):  
Mashuri Mashuri
Keyword(s):  
Short Stories ◽  
Comparative Literature ◽  
Key Words ◽  
Cultural Production ◽  
Production Environment ◽  
Binary Opposition ◽  
The World

Tulisan ini mengkaji konstruksi dunia dan nalar santri dalam prosa karya kiai pesantren, yaitu Batu-Batu Setan karya M. Fudoli Zaini dan Lukisan Kaligrafi karya A. Mustofa Bisri. Teori yang digunakan adalah strukturalisme dan hermeneutik, dengan menggunakan metode bandingan. Dari kajian perbandingan didapatkan pola sistemik pada posisi pengarang sebagai agen dalam ranah produksi kultural. Pola-pola sistemik yang menggambarkan konstruksi dan nalar santri yang bersifat universal dan parsial dengan bersandar pada konsep oposisi biner: sintagmatik dan paradigmatik, dapat dirumuskan dari perbandingan kedua kumpulan cerpen tersebut. Dari kajian tentang karya dua kiai itu, biografi mereka, dan perbandingan antara keduanya terkonstruksikan dunia dan nalar santri. Nalar santri inilah yang menjadi pola berpikir dan cara melihat dari kalangan pesantren di dalam karya dan ‘kehidupan’‐nya. Abstract: This research aims to describe the construction of santri’s sense and the world in short stories written by two kiai, M. Fudoli Zaini’s Batu-Batu Setan and A. Mustofa Bisri’s Lukisan Kaligrafi. To analyze the comparativeness, structuralism and hermeneutics theory is used to describe the problem. We can see that there is a systemic pattern of the writers as an agent in a cultural production environment. Those systemic patterns show the universalities and partialities of santri’s construction and sense according to binary opposition concept, namely syntagmatic and paradigmatic. The differences among the two anthologies, seen from their short stories and biography are constructed by the world and sense of the santri. From their short stories and we can see how the santri think and see using their sense and the world. Key Words: construction of world; santri’s sense; comparative literature

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