Breadfruit Or Chestnut? - Gender Construction in the French Caribbean Novel

Breadfruit or Chestnut? examines gender construction comparatively across the fiction of contemporary writers of Guadeloupe and Martinique. In particular, it explores the construction of gender identity by six authors-three male and three female-who have never been brought together in a study of this issue.

List of contents

Chapter 1 Gender Identity and the French Caribbean Chapter 2 Literary Background and Gender Bias Chapter 3 "Man is a Breadfruit and Woman is a Chestnut" Chapter 4 History, Lack and Gender Chapter 5 Two Faces of the femme matador Chapter 6 Gender in the créoliste Satirical Novel Chapter 7 Moving Away From Stereotypes Chapter 8 Conclusion: An Analysis of French Caribbean Gender Identity Chapter 9 Appendix A: Interview with Patrick Chamoiseau (extracts) Chapter 10 Appendix B: Interview with Maryse Condé (extracts) Chapter 11 Appendix C: Interview with Raphaël Confiant (extracts) Chapter 12 Bibliography

About the author

By Bonnie Thomas

Summary

Breadfruit or Chestnut? examines gender construction comparatively across the fiction of contemporary writers of Guadeloupe and Martinique. In particular, it explores the construction of gender identity by six authors-three male and three female-who have never been brought together in a study of this issue.

Product details

• Authors: Bonnie Thomas
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.07.2006
• EAN: 9780739115831
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-1583-1
• No. of pages: 212
• Series: After the Empire: The Francophone World & Postcolonial France; After the Empire: The Francophone World and Postcolonial France
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies