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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.
List of contents
Chapter 1 Introduction: Hysterically Speaking: Voices of Abjection, Marginalization, and Insanity in the Feminine Francophone Novel Chapter 2 Preamble: Writing New H(er)stories for Francophone Women of Africa Part 3 State I: Mediating Identity in Foreign Spaces Chapter 4 The Politics of Race and Patriarchy in Suzanne Lascade's Claire-Solange, ame africaine Chapter 5 Home Is Where I Eat My Bread: Multiculturality and Becoming-Multiple in Leila Hoauri's Zeida de nulle part Part 6 State II: Writing in Madness Chapter 7 Self-Loathing, Self-Sacrifice: Michele Lacrosil's Cajou and Myriam Warner-Vieyra's Juletane Chapter 8 Out/inside the Confinement of Cultures: Marie Chauvet's Amour, colere et folie and Mariama Ba's Un Chant eclatant Chapter 9 Rooms and Prisons, Sex and Sin: Places of Sequestration in Nina Bouraoui's La Voyeuse interdite and Calixthe Beyala's Tu t'appelleras Tanga Part 10 State III: Reconciliation: Feminine Utopias Chapter 11 War, Revolution, and Family Matters: Yamina Mechakra's La Grotte eclatee and Hajer Djilani's Et pourtant le ciel etait bleu Chapter 12 Feminine Voices and H(er)stories: Simone Schwarz-Bart's Pluie et vent sur Telumee Miracle and Aminata Sow Fall's Douceurs du bercail Chapter 13 Epilogue: Transgressing Boundaries, Reconstructing Stories
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By Valérie Orlando
