Postcolonial Representations: Women, Literature, Identity

Françoise Lionnet

Published by Cornell University Press 1995

Postcolonial Representations

Women, Literature, Identity

Françoise Lionnet

In the series Reading Women Writing

https://doi.org/10.7591/9781501724541

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About this book

Discussing a variety of postcolonial narratives written by women, Lionnet offers a comparative feminist approach that can provide common ground for debates on such issues as multiculturalism, universalism, and relativism.

Author / Editor information

Françoise Lionnet is Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures and African and African American Studies at Harvard University.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Abbreviations of Frequently Cited Works Publicly Available Download PDF	xv
Introduction. Logiques metisses: Cultural Appropriation and Postcolonial Representations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1. Of Mangoes and Maroons: Language, History, and the Multicultural Subject of Michelle Cliff’s Abeng Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	22
2. Evading The Subject: Narration and the City in Ananda Devi’s Rue La Poudriere Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	48
3. Toward a New Antillean Humanism: Maryse Conde’s Traversee de la mangrove Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	69
4. Inscriptions of Exile: The Body’s Knowledge and the Myth of Authenticity in Myriam Warner-Vieyra and Suzanne Dracius-Pinalie Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	87
5. Geographies of Pain: Captive Bodies and Violent Acts in Myriam Wamer-Vieyra, Gayl Jones, and Bessie Head Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	101
6. Dissymmetry Embodied: Nawal El Saadawi’ s Woman at Point Zero and the Practice of Excision Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	129
7. The Limits of Universalism: Identity, Sexuality, and Criminality Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	154
8. Narrative Journeys: The Reconstruction of Histories in Leila Sebbar’s Les Carnets de Shérazade Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	167
Conclusion. Whither Feminist Criticism? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	187
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	189

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Language: English
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Audience: General/trade;
Pages
- Main content: 208
Keywords: Literary Studies; Gender Studies

eBook

Published: July 5, 2018
ISBN: 9781501724541