Precarious Borders: The Nation-State and Arab Diaspora Literature
Par Jumana Bayeh : Senior Lecturer - Macquarie University
Publié
par
Marion Coste
le 30/01/2020
In this talk, Jumana Bayeh (Macquarie University, Sydney), author of ((The Literature of the Lebanese Diaspora: Representations of Place and Transnational Identity)) (2014) outlines her latest project which proposes to trace the representation of borders and the nation-state across a century of Arab writing in English.
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| Introduction | 00:11 |
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09:16 |
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13:40 |
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16:00 |
| 1. Key thematic theories | 21:23 |
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22:13 |
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23:24 |
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24:37 |
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26:49 |
| 2. Conceptual framework and methodology of the project | 28:55 |
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29:06 |
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30:54 |
| 3. Gathering materials | 32:49 |
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33:02 |
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35:00 |
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43:34 |
| Conclusion | 45:39 |
Further analysis
- Benedict Anderson's Imagined Communities (1983): need for a more historical and cultural approach to understand the formation of the nation-states; concept of "homogeneous empty time" [9.25 → 10.30].
- Homi Bhabha's Nation and Narration (1990): need for a multi-sided vision of the nation; however, this does not include a transnational dimension (especially in the case of displaced communities) [10.30 → 11.30].
- Agamben's concept of the state of exception; analysis of the border; borders exist between nations but also within nations [24.11 → 24.34].
Pour citer cette ressource :
Jumana Bayeh, "Precarious Borders: The Nation-State and Arab Diaspora Literature ", La Clé des Langues [en ligne], Lyon, ENS de LYON/DGESCO (ISSN 2107-7029), janvier 2020. Consulté le 27/10/2021. URL: http://cle.ens-lyon.fr/anglais/litterature/litterature-postcoloniale/precarious-borders-the-nation-state-and-arab-diaspora-literature
