Violence in Francophone African & Caribbean women's literature / Chantal Kalisa.

Author/creator Kalisa, Chantal
Format Book
Publication InfoLincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2009.
Description225 pages ; 23 cm
Subjects
African literature (French)--Women authors. --History and criticism.
Caribbean literature (French)--Women authors. --History and criticism.
Violence in literature.

Variant title Violence in Francophone African and Caribbean women's literature
Contents Exclusion as violence: Franz Fanon, Black women, and colonial violence -- Representing colonial violence: Michèle Lacrosil's Cajou, Ken Bugul's Le baobab fou and Ousmane Sembène's La noire de... -- Writing familial violence: storytelling and intergenerational violence in Simone Schwarz-Bart's Pluie et vent sur Télumée Miracle and Calixthe Beyala's Tu t'appelleras Tanga -- Sites of violence: language, the body, and women's deterritorialization in Gisèle Pineau's L'espérance-macadam and Calixthe Beyala's "C'est le soleil qui m'a brûlée -- War and political violence: Nadine Bari's, Edwidge Danticat's and Monique Ilboudo's literary responses to gender and conflict.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2009024323
ISBN9780803211025 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0803211023 (cloth : alk. paper)
Other class# U5002 T357 -2009

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks PQ3980.5 K36 2009 ✔ Available Place Hold