Postcolonial Subjects
Francophone Women Writers
Explores French-language writing by women outside France.
384 Pages, 6 x 9 in
- Paperback
- 9780816626298
- Published: May 30, 1996
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Postcolonial Subjects
Francophone Women Writers
ISBN: 9780816626298
Publication date: May 30th, 1996
384 Pages
9 x 5
Explores French-language writing by women outside France.
This groundbreaking volume highlights the work of contemporary women writing in French whose cultural links, ethnic identities, and historical roots lie outside France. The writings of these women emanate from the cultures of Africa and the Indian Ocean, the Middle East, the Caribbean, Southeast Asia, and Quebec and other French-speaking regions of Canada.
By writing in French, the writers discussed in Postcolonial Subjects both acknowledge and write against the cultural heritage of France. In doing so, they participate in the subversion of European literary traditions and take part in various forms of cultural and linguistic blending, generating new artistic currents. Each of these essays articulates contemporary debates about the politics and cultural effects of sexism, homophobia, racism, and essentialism, as well as pointing out connections and points of resistance among such diverse strains as feminism, nationalism, and ethnicity.
Contributors: Eloise A. Brière, U of Albany; Miriam Cooke, Duke U; Irène Assiba d’Almeida, U of Arizona; Joan Dayan, U of Arizona; John D. Erickson, U of Kentucky; Françoise Lionnet, Northwestern U; Christiane Makward, Pennsylvania State U; Kitzie McKinney, Bentley College; Christopher L. Miller, Yale U; Mary-Kay Miller, Vanderbilt U; Jane Moss, Colby College; Elisabeth Mudimbe-Boyi, Stanford U; Lori Saint-Martin, U du Québec à Montréal; Ronnie Scharfman, Purchase College, SUNY.
Mary Jean Green is associate dean of the faculty for the humanities and professor of French at Dartmouth College. Karen Gould is associate dean of the graduate college and professor of French at Bowling Green State University. Micheline Rice-Maximin is assistant professor of French at Swarthmore College. Keith L. Walker is associate professor of French and chair of the Program in African and Afro-American Studies at Dartmouth College. Jack A. Yeager is associate professor of French and women’s studies, and director of the Center for International Perspectives at the University of New Hampshire.
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