Francophone Communities Past and Present - Paragraph Special Issue (Vol 37, Issue 2)

Informationen zum Autor Charles Forsdick is James Barrow Professor of French at Liverpool University Mairéad Hanrahan is Professor of French at University College London. She is Editor of the journal Paragraph . Martin Munro is Professor of French and Director of the Winthrop-King Institute, Florida State University Klappentext Explores Francophone communities from the 19th century to the present A special Issue of Paragraph edited in 2001 by Celia Britton and Michael Syrotinski on 'Francophone Texts and Postcolonial Theory' played a determining role in shaping the research field it helped to map. Ten years later, this collection of ten articles provides an opportunity to explore Francophone communities from a range of perspectives which similarly engage with today's most pressing questions in Francophone Caribbean studies and postcolonial studies more generally. The contributions draw on material from different historical moments, ranging from the nineteenth century to the contemporary period, and explore questions of literature, culture, society and thought from across the Francophone Caribbean and beyond. They will bring together original work by some of the leading scholars in those fields, including Charles Forsdick, Kate Hodgson, Martin Munro, Lorna Milne, Eli Park Sorenson, Mary Gallagher, Maeve McCusker and Michael Syrotinski. Zusammenfassung An exploration of Francophone communities from the 19th century to the present. It is a collection of ten articles that provides an opportunity to explore Francophone communities from a range of perspectives which similarly engage with the most pressing questions in Francophone-Caribbean studies and postcolonial studies more generally.

Product details

• Authors: Charles Hanrahan Forsdick
• Assisted by: Charles Forsdick (Editor), Mairead Hanrahan (Editor), Mairéad Hanrahan (Editor), Martin Munro (Editor)
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.07.2014
• EAN: 9780748692491
• ISBN: 978-0-7486-9249-1
• No. of pages: 128
• Series: Paragraph Special Issues; Paragraph: A Journal of Modern; Paragraph Special Issues; Paragraph: A Journal of Modern
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works