DOCSLIB.ORG

Intersubjective Histories in the Mediterranean and Beyond: the Poetics of Self in Postcolonial Autobiography

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Intersubjective Histories in the Mediterranean and Beyond: the Poetics of Self in Postcolonial Autobiography Intersubjective Histories in the Mediterranean and Beyond: The Poetics of Self in Postcolonial Autobiography by Maria Hadjipolycarpou A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Comparative Literature) in the University of Michigan 2014 Doctoral Committee: Professor Artemis S. Leontis, Co-Chair Professor Michele A. Hannoosh, Co-Chair Professor Daniel A. Herwitz Professor Vassilis Lambropoulos Professor Anton Shammas …µας είπαν “να, τώρα ταξιδεύετε” Και δεν ταξιδεύαµε. …µας είπαν “να, τώρα είσαστε αυτό, είσαστε εκείνο” Και δεν είµαστε ούτε αυτό, ούτ’ εκείνο… Κι η ιστορία δεν ήταν ιστορία. […they told us, “you are traveling now” And we were not traveling. …they told us, “now, you are this, now, you are that” And we were neither this nor that… And history was not history]. Costas Montis 1972 But though his power, the given mandate, extended From tangerine daybreaks to star-apple dusks, His hand could not dam that ceaseless torrent to dust That carried the shacks of the poor, to their root-rock music. Derek Walcott,1979 © Maria Hadjipolycarpou All rights reserved 2014 Dedication It is with the deepest gratitude that I dedicate this work to my beloved parents, Tasos and Ntina. Their experiences inspired me to examine what it means to be silenced by history, while their love and support accompanied me on even my loneliest travels. ii Acknowledgements This PhD Thesis is the culmination of a lifelong interest in things poetic. Along the way, there have been many inspirational people who contributed in making it a smoother, more pleasant, lively and intellectually stimulating process. First of all, I would like to express my appreciation to my co-chair Artemis Leontis who has overseen my development as a scholar from very early stages. Her influence has been tremendous in that she gave me the tools—material and intellectual— to embark on and continue a difficult but worthwhile journey. Her perseverance, strong will, and sharpness remain with me. I also thank her for trusting me to be her research assistant for her book project. Her openness in allowing me to partake in the process and to see how a book is put together was invaluable. I would also like to express my indebtedness to my co-chair Michele Hannoosh for her genuine care and support. Michele paved the way so that I could reach my highest potential and even, at times, put aside her own convictions for the sake of impartiality. She provided candid support for Mediterranean Topographies, the group my dear colleague and friend Amr Kamal and I established in 2009. Mediterranean Topographies would not be what it is today without her. To the members of my committee I express my thankfulness: Daniel Herwitz for his enthusiasm, passion and breadth of knowledge. Vassilis Lambropoulos for having faith in me even in my lowest moments and for having taught me more than he will ever know. I am also grateful for his belief in the vitality of my project and for his apt and generous advice at crucial junctures of my academic career. Anton Shammas for making everyday conversation light up with his poetic strokes, his beautiful mind and his magnetic heart. Anton’s presence on this island made me feel at home. I benefitted immensely from Francois Hartog’s visit and mini-course at the University of Michigan in the fall of 2013. His scholarship paves the way for new ways of knowing the world, new ways of making history. I am also indebted to Sidonie Smith iii for her careful readings of my work and her incisive commentary on my project; at key turning points she helped me to think through previously unexamined possibilities while offering impeccable suggestions. Webb Keane was a rigorous reader of my article on Archbishop Makarios and offered valuable feedback. Frieda Ekotto served on my committee during the project’s earlier stages and was a key participant at the ACLA panel that I organized in 2013. Tatjana Aleksic was an unfailing source of encouragement. I was very fortunate to be a part of the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities during the 2013-2014 academic year, and my colleagues were excellent companions in the process of writing during long days at the office: Kerstin Barndt, Mark Clague, Deidre De LaCruz, Jarrod Hayes, Katherine French, Joshua Friedman, Jennifer Johnson, Monique Johnson, Webb Keane, Scott Lyons, Michael McCulloch, Janie Paul, Richard Pierre, Elizabeth Sears, Brian Whitener, Cookie Woolner, and the assistant director and complit fellow Patrick Tonks. My fellow Mediterraneanists Susan Abraham, Megan Holmes, Harry Kashdan, Peter Kitlas, Karla Mallette, Ashley Miller, Will Stroebel, and Shannon Winston provided a wonderful and supportive community. I am grateful for the book recommendations of my dear friend Ismail Alatas, as well as for his talents and our intellectual conversations over the course of our friendship. Thank you to Karen McConnell, Elizabeth Kirchen, Nishaant Choksi and Thera Webb who edited my chapters and Rackham Graduate School, the Department of Comparative Literature, the Modern Greek Studies program, and the Center for European Studies for providing professional and financial opportunities and grants and a generously collaborative spirit. The University of Michigan’s Center for Research on Learning and Teaching and the Gayle Morris Sweetland Center for Writing provided much appreciated coaching and support during the writing process. Finally, I would like to offer my immensurable affectionate appreciation to my family and friends in Cyprus for their unfailing support whether I was with them or far away, especially Andreas Hadjipolycarpou, Christina Eleftheriou, Tasos Hadjipolycarpou iv and Ntina Hadjipolycarpou. I could not have done this without them and they have been my inspiration. Equally inspirational were the people of the villages of Karava and Spilia, as well as their stories, told and retold, either by speech or by silent faces. Nikos Afentoulides offered me a new life, but most importantly he offered me the gift of keeping the old one as part of the new. His presence brings fresh possibility to each day. v Table of Contents Dedication ....................................................................................................................... ii Acknowledgements ........................................................................................................ iii List of Figures .............................................................................................................. viii Abstract .......................................................................................................................... ix Chapter 1 History As Life ................................................................................................... 1 A Nicosian Sense of History ........................................................................................... 1 National and Colonial History ........................................................................................ 4 Mediterranean History .................................................................................................... 9 Islands ........................................................................................................................... 16 Symbiosis ...................................................................................................................... 32 Toward a Conception of History As Life: Chapter Summary ...................................... 40 Chapter 2 Islands: History’s Pathway and Derek Walcott’s Mediterranean .................... 50 Regulated Connectivities: The “Mediterranean” in the Atlantic .................................. 56 History’s Orphans ......................................................................................................... 66 The Nightmare of History ............................................................................................. 71 Walcott’s View of the Mediterranean ........................................................................... 81 Autobiography .............................................................................................................. 98 History as Life ............................................................................................................. 100 Chapter 3 Invisible Crossings: Rina Katselli and Anton Shammas ............................... 104 Corrupting Unities ...................................................................................................... 104 Symbiosis as Arabesques ............................................................................................ 110 New Life ..................................................................................................................... 129 The Gift of Autobiography ......................................................................................... 140 Happy People Have No History .................................................................................. 146 Islands of Partition ...................................................................................................... 161 vi Chapter 4 Unregistered Genealogies: Costas Montis and Assia Djebar ........................ 164 Genealogy and Ancestry ............................................................................................. 164 Colonial Histories ....................................................................................................... 167 Kinship
Load more

Recommended publications
  • 7 Lord of the Flies Relationships Oliver Twist the Tempest
    Overall Curriculum Map 2020-2021: English End of year skills & Seminal World Literature Poetry Canonical classic Shakespeare Knowledge Key Knowledge: 1. To begin to understand concepts/ ideas and the Lord of the Flies Relationships Oliver Twist The Tempest bigger picture of different writers and different time 7 Very Important Points bespoke to the Unit: Very Important Points (building on skills from Unit Very Important Points (building on skills from Units 1 & 2) Very Important Points (Builds on all year group skills) periods. INTRODUCE, BEGIN, APPLY, FORM, IDENTIFY. 1) DEEPEN, REVISIT, BROADEN, MASTER, REVISIT, MASTER, REVISIT. 2. To introduce students to relevant myths and DEVELOP, REVISIT, CONSOLIDATE, UNDERSTAND. legends (Linked to the theme of Conflict) • Aspects of structure only (opening/ ending) • Introduce the 5-minute journey plan for • Introduce Critical viewpoint scenarios by 3. Demonstrate understanding of motifs, symbols • Introduction to Show Not Tell. • Poetic conventions introduced. narrative writing. introducing supporting student and concepts. • Write effective narrative openings. • Develop knowledge of structure through • Develop knowledge of structural features from statements and then: How much do you 4. Apply the spelling patterns and rules set out in • Introduction to ISMELL through Imagine poetry form. different points of a text, not just beginning or agree? questions the English Appendix in the English Programmes of statements only. • Single poem analysis in written form. end. • Introduce dramatic conventions and how Study. • Language analysis. • Comparison of poetry through discussion • Introduce different structural features such as these support meaning and concepts of a • Figurative language through writing. only. perspective shift, time shift, zoom and pivotal text. • Summary skills through discussion only.
    [Show full text]
  • Derek Walcott - Poems
    Classic Poetry Series Derek Walcott - poems - Publication Date: 2012 Publisher: Poemhunter.com - The World's Poetry Archive Derek Walcott(23 January 1930) Derek Walcott OBE OCC is a Saint Lucian poet, playwright, writer and visual artist who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1992 and the T. S. Eliot Prize in 2011 for White Egrets. His works include the Homeric epic Omeros. Robert Graves wrote that Walcott "handles English with a closer understanding of its inner magic than most, if not any, of his contemporaries”. <b>Life</b> Early Life Walcott was born and raised in Castries, Saint Lucia, in the West Indies with a twin brother, the future playwright Roderick Walcott, and a sister. His mother, a teacher, had a love of the arts who would often recite poetry. His father, who painted and wrote poetry, died at 31 from mastoiditis. The family came from a minority Methodist community, which felt overshadowed by the dominant Catholic culture of the island. As a young man he trained as a painter, mentored by Harold Simmons whose life as a professional artist provided an inspiring example for Walcott. Walcott greatly admired Cézanne and Giorgione and sought to learn from them. Walcott then studied as a writer, becoming “an elated, exuberant poet madly in love with English” and strongly influenced by modernist poets such as T. S. Eliot and Ezra Pound. Walcott had an early sense of a vocation as a writer. In the Poem "Midsummer" (1984), he wrote Forty years gone, in my island childhood, I felt that the gift of poetry had made me one of the chosen, that all experience was kindling to the fire of the Muse.
    [Show full text]
  • Roman Algeria, the Sahara & the M'zab Valley 2022
    Roman Algeria, the Sahara & the M’Zab Valley 2022 13 MAR – 2 APR 2022 Code: 22203 Tour Leaders Tony O’Connor Physical Ratings Explore Ottoman kasbahs, Roman Constantine, Timgad & Djemila, mud-brick trading towns of the Sahara, Moorish Tlemcen, & the secret world of the Berber M'Zab valley. Overview Join archaeologist Tony O'Connor on this fascinating tour which explores Roman Algeria, the Sahara & the M'Zab Valley. Explore the twisting streets, stairs, and alleys of the Ottoman Kasbah of Algiers and enjoy magnificent views across the city from the French colonial Cathedral of Notre-Dame d'Afrique. Wander perfectly preserved streets at the UNESCO World Heritage sites of Roman Djémila and Timgad, empty of visitors and complete with stunning mosaics, full-size temples, triumphal arches, market places, and theatres. At Sétif gaze upon one of the most exquisite mosaics in all of the Roman world – The Triumph of Dionysus. Engage with Numidian Kings at the extraordinary tombs of Medracen and the 'Tomb of the Christian' along with the ambitions of Cleopatra and Mark Antony at their daughter’s former capital of Caesarea/Cherchell. Explore the Roman 'City of Bridges', Constantine, encircled by the dramatic gorge of Wadi Rummel. Wander the atmospheric ruins of the Roman towns of Tipaza and Tiddis: Tipaza overlooks the Mediteranean, while Tiddis perches on a hillside, overlooking the fertile lands of Constantine. Walk the Algerian 'Grand Canyon' at El Ghoufi: a centre of Aures Berber culture, Algerian resistance to French colonial rule, inscriptions left behind by the engineers of Emperor Hadrian himself, and photogenic mud-brick villages clustering along vertiginous rocky ledges.
    [Show full text]
  • GCSE English Literature Poetry Anthology
    IN THE THIRD-CLASS SEAT SAT THE JOURNEYING BOY, AND THE ROOF-LAMP’S OILY FLAME PLAYED DOWN ON HIS LISTLESS FORM AND FACE, BEWRAPT PAST KNOWING TO WHAT HE WAS GOING, INOR THE WHENCEBAND OF HIS HAT THE HE JOURNEYING CAME. BOY HAD A TICKET STUCK; AND A STRING AROUND HIS NECK BORE THE KEY OF HIS BOX, THAT TWINKLED GLEAMS OF THE LAMP’S SAD BEAMS WHATLIKE PAST A CAN LIVING BE YOURS, O JOURNEYING THING. BOY TOWARDS A WORLD UNKNOWN,UNKNOWN, WHO CALMLY, AS IF INCURIOUS QUITE ON ALL AT STAKE, CAN UNDERTAKE KNOWSTHIS YOUR PLUNGE SOUL A SPHERE, 0ALONE? JOURNEYING BOY, OUR RUDE REALMS FAR ABOVE, WHENCE WITH SPACIOUS VISION YOU MARK AND METE THIS REGION OF SIN THAT YOU FIND YOU IN, BUTUPDATED EDITION: ARE SEPTEMBER 2020 NOT OF? 1 OCR (Oxford, Cambridge and RSA Examinations) The Triangle Building, Shaftesbury Road, Cambridge, CB2 8EA © Oxford, Cambridge and RSA Examinations 2020 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of the publisher, or as expressly permitted by law, or under terms agreed with the appropriate reprographics rights organisation. This book must not be circulated in any other binding or cover and this same condition must be imposed on any acquirer. ISBN 978 019 834090 4 Designed and produced by Oxford University Press Printed by Rotolito SpA 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS We are grateful for permission to reprint the following copyright material in this anthology.
    [Show full text]
  • A Thesis Entitled a Framework for the Study of the Spread of English In
    A Thesis entitled A Framework for the Study of the Spread of English in Algeria: A Peaceful Transition to a Better Linguistic Environment by Kamal Belmihoub Submitted to the Graduate Faculty as partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Master of Arts Degree in English as a Second Language _________________________________________ Melinda Reichelt, PhD, Committee Chair _________________________________________ Mohamed Benrabah, PhD, Committee Member _________________________________________ Ruth A. Hottell, PhD, Committee Member _________________________________________ Patricia R. Komuniecki, PhD, Dean College of Graduate Studies The University of Toledo May 2012 Copyright 2012, Kamal Belmihoub This document is copyrighted material. Under copyright law, no parts of this document may be reproduced without the expressed permission of the author. An Abstract of A Framework for the Study of the Spread of English in Algeria: A Peaceful Transition to a Better Linguistic Environment by Kamal Belmihoub Submitted to the Graduate Faculty as partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Master of Arts Degree in English as a Second Language The University of Toledo May 2012 The first chapter of this thesis provides an overview of Algeria‟s history of linguistic diversity. The same chapter describes the language policy of Arabization, which has dominated Algeria‟s linguistic situation since independence from France in 1962. In the second chapter, this thesis presents a theoretical framework for the study of the spread of English in Algeria, where this language has been making inroads. It is argued that English should play a positive role in promoting a peaceful linguistic environment in the North African country. In the third and final chapter, the above- mentioned framework is applied to Algeria‟s context, analyzing this environment through the lenses of the theoretical considerations suggested by the framework.
    [Show full text]
  • Thesis-1980-E93l.Pdf
    LAMBAESIS TO THE REIGN OF HADRIAN By DIANE MARIE HOPPER EVERMAN " Bachelor of Arts Oklahoma State University Stillwater, Oklahoma December, 1977 Submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate College of the Oklahoma State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of MASTER OF ARTS July 25, 1980 -n , ,111e.5J s LAMBAESIS TO THE REIGN OF HADRIAN Thesis Approved: Dean of the Graduate College ii 10S2909 PREFACE Lambaesis was a Roman Imperial military fortress in North Africa in the modern-day nation of Algeria. Rome originally acquired the territory as a result of the defeat of Carthage in the Punic Wars. Expansion of territory and settlement of surplus population were two ideas behind its Romanization. However, North Africa's greatest asset for becoming a province was its large yield of grain. This province furnished most of the wheat for the empire. If something happened to hinder its annual production level then Rome and its provinces would face famine. Unlike most instances of acquiring territory Rome did not try to assimilate the native transhumant population. Instead these inhabitants held on to their ancestral lands until they were forcibly removed. This territory was the most agriculturally productive; unfortunately, it was also the area of seasonal migration for the native people. Lambaesis is important in this scheme because it was the base of the solitary legion in North Africa, the III Legio Augusta. After beginning in the eastern section of the province just north of the Aures Mountains the legion gradually moved west leaving a peaceful area behind. The site of Lambaesis was the III Legio Augusta's westernmost fortress.
    [Show full text]
  • Caribbean Poems
    Caribbean Poems Martin Carter 1. Death of a Comrade (1950s) Death must not find us thinking that we die too soon, too soon our banner draped for you I would prefer the banner in the wind Not bound so tightly in a scarlet fold not sodden, sodden with your people's tears but flashing on the pole we bear aloft down and beyond this dark, dark lane of rags. Now, from the mourning vanguard moving on dear Comrade, I salute you and I say Death will not find us thinking that we die. http://silvertorch.com/c-poetry.html 2. I Clench My Fist (1953) You come in warships terrible with death I know your hands are red with Korean blood I know your finger trembles on a trigger And yet I curse you – Stranger khaki clad. British soldier, man in khaki careful how you walk My dead ancestor Accabreh is groaning in his grave At night he wakes and watches with fire in his eyes Because you march upon his breast and stamp upon his heart. Although you come in thousands from the sea Although you walk like locusts in the street Although you point your gun straight at my heart I clench my fist above my head; I sing my song of Freedom! http://silvertorch.com/c-poetry.html 3. Do Not Stare at Me Do not stare at me from your window, lady do not stare and wonder where I came from Born in this city was I, lady, hearing the beetles at six o'clock and the noisy cocks in the morning when your hands rumple the bed sheet and night is locked up the wardrobe.
    [Show full text]
  • THEMATIC UNITS and Ever-Growing Digital Library Listing GRADES 9–12 THEMATIC UNITS
    THEMATIC UNITS and Ever-Growing Digital Library Listing GRADES 9–12 THEMATIC UNITS GRADE 9 AUTHOR GENRE StudySync®TV UNIT 1 | Divided We Fall: Why do we feel the need to belong? Writing Focus: Narrative Marigolds (SyncStart) Eugenia Collier Fiction The Necklace Guy de Maupassant Fiction Friday Night Lights H.G. Bissinger Informational Text Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone Brene Brown Informational Text Why I Lied to Everyone in High School About Knowing Karate Jabeen Akhtar Informational Text St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves Karen Russell Fiction Sure You Can Ask Me a Personal Question Diane Burns Poetry Angela’s Ashes: A Memoir Frank McCourt Informational Text Welcome to America Sara Abou Rashed Poetry I Have a Dream Martin Luther King, Jr. Argumentative Text The Future in My Arms Edwidge Danticat Informational Text UNIT 2 | The Call to Adventure: What will you learn on your journey? Writing Focus: Informational Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening Robert Frost Poetry 12 (from ‘Gitanjali’) Rabindranath Tagore Poetry The Journey Mary Oliver Poetry Leon Bridges On Overcoming Childhood Isolation and Finding His Voice: ‘You Can’t Teach Soul’ Jeff Weiss Informational Text Highest Duty: My Search for What Really Matters Chesley Sullenberger Informational Text Bessie Coleman: Woman Who ‘dared to dream’ Made Aviation History U.S. Airforce Informational Text Volar Judith Ortiz Cofer Fiction Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail Cheryl Strayed Informational Text The Art
    [Show full text]
  • Carthaginian Mercenaries: Soldiers of Fortune, Allied Conscripts, and Multi-Ethnic Armies in Antiquity Kevin Patrick Emery Wofford College
    Wofford College Digital Commons @ Wofford Student Scholarship 5-2016 Carthaginian Mercenaries: Soldiers of Fortune, Allied Conscripts, and Multi-Ethnic Armies in Antiquity Kevin Patrick Emery Wofford College Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.wofford.edu/studentpubs Part of the Ancient History, Greek and Roman through Late Antiquity Commons, and the Military History Commons Recommended Citation Emery, Kevin Patrick, "Carthaginian Mercenaries: Soldiers of Fortune, Allied Conscripts, and Multi-Ethnic Armies in Antiquity" (2016). Student Scholarship. Paper 11. http://digitalcommons.wofford.edu/studentpubs/11 This Honors Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by Digital Commons @ Wofford. It has been accepted for inclusion in Student Scholarship by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Wofford. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Wofford College Carthaginian Mercenaries: Soldiers of Fortune, Allied Conscripts, and Multi-Ethnic Armies in Antiquity An Honors Thesis Submitted to The Faculty of the Department of History In Candidacy For An Honors Degree in History By Kevin Patrick Emery Spartanburg, South Carolina May 2016 1 Introduction The story of the mercenary armies of Carthage is one of incompetence and disaster, followed by clever innovation. It is a story not just of battles and betrayal, but also of the interactions between dissimilar peoples in a multiethnic army trying to coordinate, fight, and win, while commanded by a Punic officer corps which may or may not have been competent. Carthaginian mercenaries are one piece of a larger narrative about the struggle between Carthage and Rome for dominance in the Western Mediterranean, and their history illustrates the evolution of the mercenary system employed by the Carthaginian Empire to extend her power and ensure her survival.
    [Show full text]
  • Introduction
    Southern Ontario Model United Nations Assembly XLIV Crisis: Second Punic War Introduction: Delegates, Welcome to the Southern Ontario Model United Nations Assembly’s Second Punic War Historical Crisis. The Second Punic War, also known as the Hannibalic War, was a conflict that occurred from 218 – 201 BCE in the Western Mediterranean. The war was fought between Carthage, a dominant commercial empire, and the emerging power of Rome. This conflict marked the second time that the two powers had fought, and with Rome having been victorious in the first Punic War thirty years prior, Carthage was eager for revenge. It also featured the rise to the annals of history a variety of great men, such as legendary Carthaginian general Hannibal Barca and Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus. The rise of Rome in the Western Mediterranean would lead to an epic showdown that would change the course of history. In this particular committee, the SOMA Crisis Staff and Heads will create a simulation of these historical events, hopefully making them as enjoyable and interesting as possible, while maintaining historical fidelity. This background guide will give you a basic Page |1 Southern Ontario Model United Nations Assembly XLIV Crisis: Second Punic War knowledge of both the situation and how you, as a delegate, can influence the Crisis, but further research, as well as inquiry into the process of Crisis is welcome and encouraged. With all this in mind, we are excited to welcome you to SOMA XLIV Crisis Committee and we hope you enjoy your time with us. Margaret Fei Clarke VandenHoven Alec Sampaleanu Helen Kwong Director of Crisis Head of Crisis Jr.
    [Show full text]
  • Roman North Africa North Roman
    EASTERNSOCIAL WORLDS EUROPEAN OF LATE SCREEN ANTIQUITY CULTURES AND THE EARLY MIDDLE AGES Cilliers Roman North Africa Louise Cilliers Roman North Africa Environment, Society and Medical Contribution Roman North Africa Social Worlds of Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages The Late Antiquity experienced profound cultural and social change: the political disintegration of the Roman Empire in the West, contrasted by its continuation and transformation in the East; the arrival of ‘barbarian’ newcomers and the establishment of new polities; a renewed militarization and Christianization of society; as well as crucial changes in Judaism and Christianity, together with the emergence of Islam and the end of classical paganism. This series focuses on the resulting diversity within Late Antique society, emphasizing cultural connections and exchanges; questions of unity and inclusion, alienation and conflict; and the processes of syncretism and change. By drawing upon a number of disciplines and approaches, this series sheds light on the cultural and social history of Late Antiquity and the greater Mediterranean world. Series Editor Carlos Machado, University of St. Andrews Editorial Board Lisa Bailey, University of Auckland Maijastina Kahlos, University of Helsinki Volker Menze, Central European University Ellen Swift, University of Kent Enrico Zanini, University of Siena Roman North Africa Environment, Society and Medical Contribution Louise Cilliers Amsterdam University Press Cover illustration: Ruins of the Antonine Baths in Carthage © Dreamstime Stockphoto’s Cover design: Coördesign, Leiden Typesetting: Crius Group, Hulshout isbn 978 94 6298 990 0 e-isbn 978 90 4854 268 0 doi 10.5117/9789462989900 nur 684 © Louise Cilliers / Amsterdam University Press B.V., Amsterdam 2019 All rights reserved.
    [Show full text]
  • ISSN: 2320-5407 Int
    ISSN: 2320-5407 Int. J. Adv. Res. 5(8), 245-249 Journal Homepage: - www.journalijar.com Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/5057 DOI URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/5057 RESEARCH ARTICLE AN ANALYTICAL ACCOUNT OF CHAOUI IDENTITY. Djelloul Nédjai. English Department, Mostéfa Benboulaïd Batna-2 University, Algeria. …………………………………………………………………………………………………….... Manuscript Info Abstract ……………………. ……………………………………………………………… Manuscript History Cross-World cultural studies refer to the complexity and the diversity of language and ethnic identity. Language and its culture are a Received: 03 June 2017 complex, multidimensional construct that can be studied on several Final Accepted: 05 July 2017 levels: international, national, regional, and organizational (Shachaf, Published: August 2017 2008). According to Norton (1997), “an investment in the target Key words:- language is also an investment in a learner’s own social identity, which Ideological, political, preconception, changes across time and space” (p.410). Indeed, understanding amalgam, identity, linguistic, cultural, concepts like identity and culture cannot be solely achieved through diversity, acculturation, complexity, tracing back their origin in past historical events and archives. Next to conflict, collective social identity. these useful sources of information, one has to critically look into how pre-established truths have been deliberately used as subversions to alienate and acculturate linguistic and ethnic identities (Laroche, Kim and Hui, 1997). This is how fake cultural identities have been pre- fabricated and deep harmful conflicts and contradictions have been created to weaken the personality of the individual and to corrupt the social collective identity. This was the case in many countries like the USA, Canada, and Australia. Algeria is no exception. Our paper seeks not only to highlight ambiguous concepts, but to attempt to come face- to-face with our realities, as well.
    [Show full text]