Amour bilingue
Book • 1983
Abdelkebir Khatibi's 'Amour bilingue' explores the personal and political dimensions of living between languages, portraying bilingualism as a form of erotic and intellectual intimacy.
Khatibi examines language-specific selves and how linguistic plurality shapes desire, identity, and social bonds, countering metaphors of linguistic warfare.
His hybrid, lyrical prose mixes theory, memoir, and poetic address to consider postcolonial subjectivity and cultural hybridity.
The book has been influential in francophone and postcolonial studies for its nuanced account of language, love, and belonging.
Khatibi's approach celebrates fragmentation as generative and connective rather than solely alienating.
Khatibi examines language-specific selves and how linguistic plurality shapes desire, identity, and social bonds, countering metaphors of linguistic warfare.
His hybrid, lyrical prose mixes theory, memoir, and poetic address to consider postcolonial subjectivity and cultural hybridity.
The book has been influential in francophone and postcolonial studies for its nuanced account of language, love, and belonging.
Khatibi's approach celebrates fragmentation as generative and connective rather than solely alienating.
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