Postcolonial Subjects: Francophone Women Writers

By Mary Jean Matthews Green

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. Bri re, U of Albany; Miriam Cooke, Duke U; Ir ne Assiba d'Almeida, U of Arizona; Joan Dayan, U of Arizona; John D. Erickson, U of Kentucky; Fran oise 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 Qu bec Montr al; Ronnie Scharfman, Purchase College, SUNY.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816626294
• ISBN13: 9780816626298
• Release Date: May 1996
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"