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A study based on a set of filmed interviews with Francophone women writers in Paris that explores the literary phenomenon of an unprecedented number of women from around the world who have moved to Paris and become authors of written works in French.
List of contents
- Introduction. The Publishing Profile: Becoming an Author and Creating Literary Capital
- 1: Forging a Name: Signing Off on the Foreign Leitmotif
- 2: The Pull of Paris: Urban European Expositions
- 3: Lessons in French: From Translations to Multilingual Modulations
- 4: The Accent Complex: Reemphasizing Immigrant Experiences
- 5: Family Fugues: Movements toward Worldwide Written Work
- 6: The Francophone' Fermata: In Favor of New Strains of Interpretation
- 7: Gendered Glissandos: International Feminisms in a French Frame
- 8: Improvising Improperly: Acting Out Against Expected Narratives
- 9: The Terms of the Text: Variations on an Autobiographical Theme
- Conclusion. Da Capo Al Fine: Final Notes, Circling Back: Recognizing the Revolution
About the author
Alison Rice is Dr. William M. Scholl Associate Professor of French and Francophone Studies and Chair of the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures at the University of Notre Dame. Her books Time Signatures: Contextualizing Contemporary Francophone Autobiographical Writing from the Maghreb (Lexington Books, 2006) and Polygraphies: Francophone Women Writing Algeria (University of Virginia Press, 2012) focus on literature by authors from Algeria and Morocco who write in French. She is the author of a website featuring filmed interviews with eighteen worldwide women writers in Paris: www.francophonemetronomes.com.
Summary
A study based on a set of filmed interviews with Francophone women writers in Paris that explores the literary phenomenon of an unprecedented number of women from around the world who have moved to Paris and become authors of written works in French.
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She argues that the women authors who have found their way to Paris have not received the same kind of recognition as their male counterparts because they did not make noise to attract attention but spent most of their time writing. According to Rice, their work is revolutionary.
