Violence and the politics of aesthetics: a postcolonial Maghreb without borders

A guiding premise of this collective project is that Maghrebi writers, artists, filmmakers, and activists are – as they have long been – important theorists and critics of violence. The articles that make up this special issue of The Journal of North African Studies consider from multiple perspectiv...

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Published in:The journal of North African studies 2018-03, Vol.23 (1-2), p.1-12
Main Authors: El Guabli, Brahim, Jarvis, Jill
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Activism
Aesthetics
African studies
Area studies
Artists
Borders
Discourses
Insecure
Intellectuals
National security
Politics
Postcolonialism
Regional studies
Social conditions & trends
Social environment
Theorists
Violence
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Summary:A guiding premise of this collective project is that Maghrebi writers, artists, filmmakers, and activists are – as they have long been – important theorists and critics of violence. The articles that make up this special issue of The Journal of North African Studies consider from multiple perspectives the transformative potential of aesthetic expression in political and social contexts defined by intersecting forms of violence. Together, these scholars explore new terrain for literary and aesthetic study in a disciplinary space that has been determined by the prerogatives of area studies and conditioned by discourses of terror and state security. We live and work in precarious and dangerous times. To put the central question of this project plainly: in such times, what difference do art and literature make?
ISSN:1362-9387
1743-9345
DOI:10.1080/13629387.2018.1400233