Occidentalism

Explores the encounters between East and West in Maghrebi literature in the pre-1945 period Focuses on the work of early Algerian intelligentsia known as the Young Algerians and their insistent letters to the OccidentDepicts the Maghrebi encounter with the Occident as a plea to extend Western civilisation to all factions of the colonised societyEngages with the work of early French feminists and its impact on the birth of Algerian feminismIncludes readings of key texts by Chukri Khodja, Saad ben