Franco-Maghrebi Artists of the 2000s

Ramona Mielusel is Assistant Professor of French and Francophone Studies at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, USA. Her research interests include Francophone Migrant Literature and Cinema, Transnational Studies, Contemporary France and the Maghreb.

• AcknowledgementsList of FiguresIntroduction: National Identity and Contemporary France1 The French Nation in the Twenty-First Century and the Transnational Trend2 France and Its “Others”3 The Rise and Shine of Franco-Maghrebi Artists1 Franco-Maghrebi Literature in Transnational France1 Today’s Franco-Maghrebi Writers2 Women’s Voices: Faïza Guène and Saphia Azzeddine3 Male Voices: Rachid Djaïdani and Abdellah Taïa2 The Franco-Maghrebi Movies: from the Margin to the Mainstream1 The Evolution of Franco-Maghrebi “Road Movies” in the European Context2 The Transformative Experiences of the Main Characters in Ten’ja, The Great Journey, and Monsieur Ibrahim3 Franco-Maghrebi Women and the French Telefilms4 Yamina Benguigui’s Aïcha3 Franco-Maghrebi Actors and the Stand-Up Performances1 The Beginnings and the Evolution of Franco-Maghrebi Stand-Up Comedy in France and Its Influences2 The Phenomenon Called Jamel Debbouze, or Jamelmania3 Gad Elmaleh: a Story “sans Tambours”4 The Maghrebi Women Stand-Up Paradox4 The Hip-Hop Culture of the Republic1 The Evolution of the Hip-Hop Culture in France2 The New Artists in a New Decade and Their Astonishing Mainstream Success: Médine, Sinik, Abd Al Malik, and Kery James3 The Female French Rappers in a “Man’s Man’s World” (James Brown)5 Franco-Maghrebi Visual Arts: the New Ways of Visualizing Diversity1 Artistic Perspectives on the (Un)veiling of the Body: Majida Khattari, Body and Veil2 The Franco-Maghrebi Artists’ Video Installations and Photographic Journeys of (Self)Discovery: Bruno Boudjelal’s Jours intranquilles (2009)ConclusionBibliography and FilmographyIndex