Michel'Valentin' ! Michel!Valentin!is!a!French!professor!at!the!University!of!Montana.!Specialist!of! postmodern!literary/filmic!criticism!and!Lacanian!theory!applied!to!textual!critique,!he! teaches!courses!on!French!and!West@!African!cinema,!literary!periods!and!genres!and! specific!cultural!topics.!He!has!published!miscellaneous!articles!on!the!topics!of!cinema,! literature!and!politics!and!has!edited!a!book!on!the!cultural!and!political!signification!of! the!“Muslim!veil.�! ! !
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