Abstract
This article clarifies the concept of locality and distinguishes it from terms with which it is often confused, such as particularity, tradition, authenticity, and simple local color. It approaches locality as a critical and cultural category shaped by the relationship between place, language, social experience, and collective memory. Rather than reducing the local to folklore or to a closed regional identity, the study considers it as a dynamic mode of representation through which literary and cultural texts express the specific features of a community while remaining open to broader human meanings. The article therefore proposes a more precise understanding of locality as a productive framework for reading culture and literature.
Recommended Citation
Yaala, Mustapha
(1988)
"The Concept of Locality,"
Bouhout: Vol. 1:
Iss.
1, Article 4.
Available at:
https://scholarhub.univh2c.ma/bouhout/vol1/iss1/4