Rethinking Marriage in Francophone African and Caribbean Literatures

by Cécile Accilien

Book Overview

Rethinking Marriage in Francophone African and Caribbean Literatures analyzes novels and films that demonstrate how marriage affects Francophone African and Caribbean women in their respective societies. It argues that marriage serves as a catalyst for intense identity formation because it functions as a narrative intersection for a number of overlapping themes on gender and the body, class and economics, religion, interracial and intercultural identity...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0739116584
• ISBN13: 9780739116586
• Release Date: September 2008
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 206 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"