Un orientalisme réinventé : Postures de Myriam Harry entre Europe, Afrique et Orient

This article focuses on the writer Myriam Harry, who put the East at the heart of her literary production. As an exceptional case among travellers of her time, Harry blended different cultural universes in her books, which is particularly true of D’Autres îles de volupté where Swahili, European and...

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Main Author: Maéva Bovio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Université Clermont Auvergne
Series:Viatica
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/viatica/1096
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description This article focuses on the writer Myriam Harry, who put the East at the heart of her literary production. As an exceptional case among travellers of her time, Harry blended different cultural universes in her books, which is particularly true of D’Autres îles de volupté where Swahili, European and Arab cultures rub shoulders. The analysis centres around the author’s systems of enunciation, revealing a contradictory position in terms of cultural identity, but also regarding the ways in which the writer tries to situate herself within the orientalist literary field.
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spelling doaj.art-ef97dcc7181d44dd8dc51d4f8cb282ab2024-02-14T08:58:33ZengUniversité Clermont AuvergneViatica2275-0827210.52497/viatica1096Un orientalisme réinventé : Postures de Myriam Harry entre Europe, Afrique et OrientMaéva BovioThis article focuses on the writer Myriam Harry, who put the East at the heart of her literary production. As an exceptional case among travellers of her time, Harry blended different cultural universes in her books, which is particularly true of D’Autres îles de volupté where Swahili, European and Arab cultures rub shoulders. The analysis centres around the author’s systems of enunciation, revealing a contradictory position in terms of cultural identity, but also regarding the ways in which the writer tries to situate herself within the orientalist literary field.https://journals.openedition.org/viatica/1096Harry (Myriam)eurocentrisminterior orientalismpositionuncertainty
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Un orientalisme réinventé : Postures de Myriam Harry entre Europe, Afrique et Orient
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title Un orientalisme réinventé : Postures de Myriam Harry entre Europe, Afrique et Orient
title_full Un orientalisme réinventé : Postures de Myriam Harry entre Europe, Afrique et Orient
title_fullStr Un orientalisme réinventé : Postures de Myriam Harry entre Europe, Afrique et Orient
title_full_unstemmed Un orientalisme réinventé : Postures de Myriam Harry entre Europe, Afrique et Orient
title_short Un orientalisme réinventé : Postures de Myriam Harry entre Europe, Afrique et Orient
title_sort un orientalisme reinvente postures de myriam harry entre europe afrique et orient
topic Harry (Myriam)
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position
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