Francophone women writers : feminisms, postcolonialisms, cross-cultures / Eric Touya de Marenne.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Touya de Marenne, Eric.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

French literature--Women authors--History and criticism.

French literature.

French literature--Women authors.

French literature--French-speaking countries--History and criticism.

Postcolonialism.

Feminism and literature.

Women and literature.

French-speaking countries.

Women in literature.

Feminism in literature.

Postcolonialism in literature.

Women and literature--French-speaking countries.

Feminism and literature--French-speaking countries.

Postcolonialism--French-speaking countries.

Physical Description:

xiii, 195 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, [2011]

Summary:

This anthology seeks to introduce women writers in the "global" francophone world by investigating the place of feminist, postcolonial, and cross-cultural theories in interpreting women francophone literature. The book also allows the reader to examine the extent to which women writers reflect or negate the conventional archetypes of francophone literature; how they reinvent the political, cultural, and critical discourse of their time and place; and how they create their own identity from objectification to subjectivity.

The ambition of this anthology is to explore these themes at a time when globalization is redefining the concepts of language, identity, space, and history, and transforming the rapport of each individual to the "other." While most research on the subject focuses on specific countries or regions, this volume offers a new critical introduction to francophone women authors from a broad geographical range in North and West Africa, the Near East, the Pacific, North America, the Caribbean Islands, and Europe. Significantly, this study assembles a broad and representative collection of texts written by women authors that will generate a fruitful and critical reflection among students and scholars. The selected texts present critical issues that students and readers at large need to explore to further their knowledge of francophone literature and culture. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Feminisms: Resistance and Heteroglossia 11

2 Postcolonialisms: Politics and Power 43

3 Cross-Cultures: Nomadic Identities 85

4 Counter-Discourses: Alterity and the Family Order 127

5 Beyond Borders: Transcendent Spaces 163.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780739140307

0739140302

OCLC:

707966810