Of Suffocated Hearts and Tortured Souls: Seeking Subjecthood through Madness in Francophone Women's Writing of Africa and the Caribbean

By Valrie Orlando

Book Overview

A striking number of hysterical or insane female characters populate Francophone women's writing. To discover why, Orlando reads novels from a variety of cultures, teasing out key elements of Francophone identity struggles.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0739105639
• ISBN13: 9780739105634
• Release Date: December 2002
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"