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Reaching a Larger World: Muslim Youth and Expanding Circuits of Operation

Simone AbdouMaliq

in Being Young and Muslim: New Cultural Politics in the Global South and North

This chapter concerns specific practices of urban youth culture undertaken by youth who are Muslim to construct a particular horizon of youth—a temporal framework that resituates the position of ... More

This chapter concerns specific practices of urban youth culture undertaken by youth who are Muslim to construct a particular horizon of youth—a temporal framework that resituates the position of being youth away from the cultural conventions of development. In other words, a means of envisioning a future that enables youth to become something other than youth, but without relying upon the customary means for resolving this transformation, particularly as the transformation into adulthood is something increasingly problematic. The chapter quickly passes through a few different settings, Cameroon, Bangkok, and Marseilles, in the urban South. This tour is undertaken more for its allegorical possibilities than for any pretense of critical comparison, because cities—with their disparate histories, positions, economies, and styles—are comparable only in broad strokes. Similarly, the designation Muslim youth is hardly a coherent category. Accordingly, the divergent sites and popular quarters are assembled here as a means of pointing to realms of possibilities and constraints, perhaps not capable of generalization across settings, but indicative of both fading and emerging parameters of action.Less

Marseilles and Turin, 1849–1853

CHRISTOPHER DUGGAN

in Francesco Crispi 1818-1901: From Nation to Nationalism

When the Bourbons defeated Sicily during the revolution of 1848-1849, Francesco Crispi set off for exile and chose to go to Marseilles, in part because he had written for a local newspaper there, La ... More

When the Bourbons defeated Sicily during the revolution of 1848-1849, Francesco Crispi set off for exile and chose to go to Marseilles, in part because he had written for a local newspaper there, La Nouvelliste, just before the outbreak of the revolution, and may have hoped to be able to capitalize on this. It was in Marseilles that Crispi met Rosalie Montmasson, the woman who was to become his second wife. Early in September 1849, Crispi transferred from Marseilles to Turin. This chapter looks at Crispi's years in Marseilles and Turin; his publication of a book on the last days of the revolution; his communication with Carlo Cattaneo and Guiseppe Mazzini about his desire to see the unification of Italy; the campaign for federalism by the Sicilian democrats; Crispi's shift away from separatism and towards unitarism; republicanism as a divisive issue in Sicilian independence; and Crispi's journalism and literary ventures while he was in Turin.Less

The French Encounters

Mushirul Hasan

in Exploring the West: Three Travel Narratives

The author describes the character of the people of France and presents an anecdote of a barber. He also reflects on the hotel at Marseilles, comments on the appearance and dress of the French ... More

The author describes the character of the people of France and presents an anecdote of a barber. He also reflects on the hotel at Marseilles, comments on the appearance and dress of the French ladies, his encounter with the British envoy, and describes the people of Mazanderan. He forms an acquaintance with some of the French literati and is invited to court.Less

To Lyons

Mushirul Hasan

in Exploring the West: Three Travel Narratives

The author sets out for Lyons, France and presents an account of his journey. He describes the city of Lyons and comments on its curious mode of building, the dyeing manufactory, the house wherein ... More

The author sets out for Lyons, France and presents an account of his journey. He describes the city of Lyons and comments on its curious mode of building, the dyeing manufactory, the house wherein the late General Martin was born, voyage to Avignon, Le Pont de St Esprit, Marseilles, several American gentlemen, and Genoa.Less

. The Final Curtain ~ 2000–2003 ~

Nadine Cohodas

in Princess Noire: The Tumultuous Reign of Nina Simone

This chapter describes how Nina had changed her life around again by the middle of 2000. She moved to Carry-le-Rouet, a seaside town west of Marseilles and near Sausset-les-Pins. “You love the ... More

This chapter describes how Nina had changed her life around again by the middle of 2000. She moved to Carry-le-Rouet, a seaside town west of Marseilles and near Sausset-les-Pins. “You love the water,” Clifton told her. “Why not live like a star?” Not only was Carry much prettier than the nondescript Bouc-Bel-Air, the new house was much nicer, too. The one in Bouc was more like a cabin, while the spacious new house came with a small pool and a terrace off Nina's upstairs suite that allowed her to see the ocean. Her improved financial situation helped make the move possible. The decision to sign an agreement with the Artists Rights Enforcement Corporation and then to hire Steven Ames Brown, the San Francisco lawyer, was paying off. Money came in now with regularity, though the amount each year varied with Nina's record sales and use of her music in other ways.Less

To Africa

Edward G. Gray

in The Making of John Ledyard: Empire and Ambition in the Life of an Early American Traveler

This chapter focuses on John Ledyard's travel to Africa. On June 30, 1788, Ledyard left London for Paris. From there he traveled to Marseilles, crossed the Mediterranean to Alexandria, and then ... More

This chapter focuses on John Ledyard's travel to Africa. On June 30, 1788, Ledyard left London for Paris. From there he traveled to Marseilles, crossed the Mediterranean to Alexandria, and then sailed downriver to Cairo, where he arrived in mid-August, carrying with him funds from the African Association and the usual letters of introduction. Upon arriving in Cairo, Ledyard planned to procure the necessary supplies and guides, and then travel south to the city of Sennar (in what is now eastern Sudan) with one of the periodic trading caravans that made the trip. From Sennar he would travel west in search of the Niger. The whole scheme was foolhardy. Neither Ledyard nor the association had any idea what the traveler would find. Ledyard spent between three and four months in Cairo. The chapter reveals that he died in Africa in 1789 before completing his exploration of Africa.Less

Trade in the Mediterranean in the Early Modern Era: A Brief Review of the French Literature

Xavier Labat Saint Vincent

in New Directions in Mediterranean Maritime History

This chapter is a guide to the wide selection of French-language publications for those who wish to research four major topics of French maritime history: Marseilles and trade in the Mediterranean; ... More

This chapter is a guide to the wide selection of French-language publications for those who wish to research four major topics of French maritime history: Marseilles and trade in the Mediterranean; corsairing and its effect on trade; trade relations with provinces of the Ottoman Empire; and the nature of the goods traded within France and the Mediterranean.Less

Manumission and Absolute Monarchy

in Captives and Corsairs: France and Slavery in the Early Modern Mediterranean

This chapter focuses on Louis XIV's ascent to power in 1660 and his bid to establish a formidable, prosperous, and cohesive polity based on the co-option of volatile places and peoples—and the ... More

This chapter focuses on Louis XIV's ascent to power in 1660 and his bid to establish a formidable, prosperous, and cohesive polity based on the co-option of volatile places and peoples—and the symbolic expurgation of Islam. This discussions include the transformation of Marseikes from a maritime outpost with suspect allegiances yet de facto responsibility for Franco–North African relations into a cosmopolitan port with an imposing citadel and formal oversight over all goods and individuals entering France from Muslim territories; French diplomatic efforts to free thousands of captives in North Africa; the ascension of Mulay Isma'il which changed the dynamic of slavery in Morocco; and reintegration rites involving former captives.Less

Folco of Marseilles

Tristan Kay

in Dante’s Lyric Redemption: Eros, Salvation, Vernacular Tradition

The chapter explores Dante’s treatment of Folco of Marseilles, who appears in the Paradiso’s Heaven of Venus. Like Guittone, Folco eventually rejected love poetry and became an influential ... More

The chapter explores Dante’s treatment of Folco of Marseilles, who appears in the Paradiso’s Heaven of Venus. Like Guittone, Folco eventually rejected love poetry and became an influential participant in the Albigensian Crusades, penning two surviving crusade poems. While Folco has often been omitted from considerations of Dante’s reflection upon love poetry in the Commedia, this chapter shows him to be crucially implicated. While Folco is saved on account of his surpassing of courtly love, the chapter argues that Dante implicitly undermines the troubadour’s achievements as another love poet unable to transcend the dualistic ideology of the pre-existing lyric tradition—instead positing an insoluble tension between eros and spirituality. The chapter’s study of Dante’s engagement with Folco highlights his determination to integrate lyric desire and religious content and challenges the view that we should regard the former troubadour as anticipating Dante’s own conversionary path.Less

Conclusion: The Foundation of Marseilles, Some Brooch Pins and the History of the Novel

Tim Whitmarsh

in Dirty Love: The Genealogy of the Ancient Greek Novel

There were many ‘contact zones’ between Greek and other peoples in antiquity, and many forms of exchange between them took place here, including trade and intermarriage. The texts discussed in this ... More

There were many ‘contact zones’ between Greek and other peoples in antiquity, and many forms of exchange between them took place here, including trade and intermarriage. The texts discussed in this book were composed in and for many different circumstances, but they are united by their presentation of culture in this way: not as bounded and protected, but as interstitial and liminal. The novel thus expresses a different way of ‘being Greek’ to that of much mainstream Greek literature.Less

Looking Back, Moving Forward

Nadine Meisner

in Marius Petipa: The Emperor's Ballet Master

After Petipa’s marriage to his first muse, Maria Surovshchikova, and the death in Russia of his father, Jean, chapter 4 travels back in time to trace Jean’s career as a ballet master in Marseilles ... More

After Petipa’s marriage to his first muse, Maria Surovshchikova, and the death in Russia of his father, Jean, chapter 4 travels back in time to trace Jean’s career as a ballet master in Marseilles and in Brussels at the Théâtre de la Monnaie. It describes Marius’s early family life, his siblings, and the impact of the Belgian Revolution. Returning to Russia, it looks at Petipa’s impact as a teacher and his choreographic beginnings in St Petersburg, which included the one-act Parisian Market. This is the ballet the Petipas took with them to show at the Paris Opera with Maria Petipa dancing, a season which triggered two law-suits, one of them involving Petipa’s old friend Perrot. There then follows an account of the circumstances around The Pharaoh’s Daughter, the big ballet that brought Petipa to prominence.Less