Kathryn A. Kleppinger is Associate Professor of French Studies and International Affairs at The George Washington University.

'In this work Kleppinger successfully brings together divergent fields to elucidate complex issues, all the while remaining accessible and comprehensible to those who may not be experts on the subject.'Christopher Ice, Studies in 20th and 21st Century Literature

• AcknowledgementsList of IllustrationsI Authorship at a Crossroads: The Changing Faces of French Writing, 1983–2013II Mehdi Charef and the Invention of Beur WritingIII Competing Visions of Minority Authorship: Azouz Begag and Farida BelghoulIV Eyewitness Narratives and the Creation of the BeuretteV Rachid Djaïdani and the Shift from Beur to Banlieue WritingVI Revising the Beurette Label: Faïza Guène’s Ongoing Quest to Reframe the Reception of Her WorkVII Sabri Louatah and the Qui fait la France? Collective: Literature and Politics since 2007Works CitedIndex

Kathryn A. Kleppinger is Associate Professor of French Studies and International Affairs at The George Washington University.

'In this work Kleppinger successfully brings together divergent fields to elucidate complex issues, all the while remaining accessible and comprehensible to those who may not be experts on the subject.'Christopher Ice, Studies in 20th and 21st Century Literature

• AcknowledgementsList of IllustrationsI Authorship at a Crossroads: The Changing Faces of French Writing, 1983–2013II Mehdi Charef and the Invention of Beur WritingIII Competing Visions of Minority Authorship: Azouz Begag and Farida BelghoulIV Eyewitness Narratives and the Creation of the BeuretteV Rachid Djaïdani and the Shift from Beur to Banlieue WritingVI Revising the Beurette Label: Faïza Guène’s Ongoing Quest to Reframe the Reception of Her WorkVII Sabri Louatah and the Qui fait la France? Collective: Literature and Politics since 2007Works CitedIndex

Kathryn A. Kleppinger is Associate Professor of French Studies and International Affairs at The George Washington University.

'In this work Kleppinger successfully brings together divergent fields to elucidate complex issues, all the while remaining accessible and comprehensible to those who may not be experts on the subject.'Christopher Ice, Studies in 20th and 21st Century Literature

• AcknowledgementsList of IllustrationsI Authorship at a Crossroads: The Changing Faces of French Writing, 1983–2013II Mehdi Charef and the Invention of Beur WritingIII Competing Visions of Minority Authorship: Azouz Begag and Farida BelghoulIV Eyewitness Narratives and the Creation of the BeuretteV Rachid Djaïdani and the Shift from Beur to Banlieue WritingVI Revising the Beurette Label: Faïza Guène’s Ongoing Quest to Reframe the Reception of Her WorkVII Sabri Louatah and the Qui fait la France? Collective: Literature and Politics since 2007Works CitedIndex