A Beautiful Grave: Innocent Objects, Museums, and the Modern Self in Driss Chraïbi's La Civilisation, ma Mère!... and the Ben M'Sik Community Museum
Two-thirds through Driss Chraïbi’s 1972 novel La Civilisation, ma Mère!... ‘ Mother Comes of Age ’ about an un-named Moroccan woman and her path to modernity, the Mother makes a powerful statement that innocent objects from her past deserve a beautiful tomb and preservation from ridicule. In this...
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New Prairie Press
2014-01-01
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| Series: | Studies in 20th & 21st Century Literature |
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| Online Access: | http://newprairiepress.org/sttcl/vol38/iss2/7 |