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Isabelle Eberhardt and North Africa

Nomadism as a Carnivalesque Mirage

By: Lynda Chouiten

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Isabelle Eberhardt and North Africa

Nomadism as a Carnivalesque Mirage

By: Lynda Chouiten

As a woman who traversed the North African Orient in male costume, who spoke Arabic as well as French, and who professed Islam while transgressing many of its instructions, Isabelle Eberhardt seems to fit within Mikhail Bakhtin’s definition of the carnivalesque as the impulse to blend that which is usually kept separate by artificial boundaries and hierarchies. Nevertheless, this study demonstrates that her evolution in the Maghreb is carnivalesque only in appearance. Despite her transvestism, the writer left unquestioned the traditional definitions of masculinity and femininity; it is her subscription to the patriarchal equation of maleness with power and womanhood with weakness which makes her borrow a masculine identity. In a similar way, her appropriation of several elements of Oriental culture does not prevent her from reproducing age-old Orientalist stereotypes. As portrayed in her texts, the natives are either aestheticized as picturesque figures from a bygone age or denigrated as uncivilized, dark-minded creatures. And because Orientalism, as Edward Said has famously argued, is but a textual manifestation of colonialism, Eberhardt’s Orientalist texts make her the accomplice of the colonialist project, a project which she also served by acting as a mediator between General Lyautey and native tribes. In discussing Eberhardt’s involvement in the colonial mission and her perpetuation of the patriarchal and Orientalist traditions, this study questions the image of rebel-figure that is usually assigned to her. Instead, it shows the writer’s literary and political gestures to be embedded in a marked quest for empowerment through the double (literary and political) conquest of the Orient.

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Nomadism as a Carnivalesque Mirage

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Lost and Found

By: Lynda Bellingham

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Lost and Found

By: Lynda Bellingham

Lynda Bellingham is much-loved as the warm & quick-witted panellist on 'Loose Women' as well as for her appearances on 'StrictlyCome Dancing' & 'Calendar Girls'. Her acting career spans 40 years with many highlights - this book tells her story.

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1408487152

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Isabelle Eberhardt and North Africa

Isabelle Eberhardt and North Africa

Isabelle Eberhardt and North Africa

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