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Transforming family : queer kinship and migration in contemporary francophone literature / Jocelyn A. Frelier.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Frelier, Jocelyn A., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Families in literature.
- French fiction--21st century--History and criticism.
- French fiction.
- Moroccan fiction (French)--History and criticism.
- Moroccan fiction (French).
- Algerian fiction (French)--History and criticism.
- Algerian fiction (French).
- Emigration and immigration in literature.
- Transnationalism in literature.
- Kinship in literature.
- Queer theory.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Place of Publication:
- Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2022]
- Contents:
- A technical note: on quotes, block quotes, and translations
- Prelude: On the origins of this project, or literary criticism as feminist, autoethnographic work
- Introduction: Trans-Forming family: queer kinship and migration in French, Moroccan, and Algerian literature of the twenty-first century
- Interlude 1: On maternity, motherhood, and mothering
- Mothering beyond borders: transnational queer mother and child in Nina Bouraoui's Garçon manqué (2000)
- Queering motherhood: bad mothers and murderous nannies in Leïla Slimani's Chanson douce (2016)
- Interlude 2: On paternity, fatherhood, and fathering
- Estranged from the father: estrangement-bonds and the terrorist son in Leïla Sebbar's Mon cher fils (2009)
- Beginning again: transcultural contact and fatherhood in Azouz Begag's Salam Ouessant (2012)
- Interlude 3: On horizontal familial bonds and community
- Adoption: choosing family and coming-of-age in Fouad Laroui's Une année chez les Français (2010)
- Brotherhood: emancipatory fraternal bonds in Abdellah Taïa's Celui qui est digne d'être aimé (2017)
- Postlude: On hindsight and finales.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781496233653 (electronic bk.)
- 1496233654 (electronic bk.)
- Publisher Number:
- 40031335950
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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