Record Type: |
Electronic resources
: monographic
|
Title Information: |
Francophone women writing Algeria |
Author: |
RiceAlison, 1973- |
Secondary Intellectual Responsibility: |
Project Muse |
Place of Publication: |
Charlottesville |
Published: |
University of Virginia Press; |
Year of Publication: |
2012 |
Description: |
1 online resource (256 p.). |
Subject: |
Feminism and literature - History - Algeria - 20th century - |
Subject: |
Women and literature - History - Algeria - 20th century - |
Subject: |
Women authors, Arab - Political and social views - Algeria - |
Subject: |
Women authors, Algerian - Political and social views - |
Subject: |
Postcolonialism in literature - |
Subject: |
Women in literature - |
Subject: |
Algerian literature (French) - Women authors - |
Subject: |
Algeria - In literature - |
Online resource: |
http://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780813932934/ |
Notes: |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
ISBN: |
9780813932934electronic bk. |
ISBN: |
0813932939electronic bk. |
ISBN: |
9780813932910hbk. |
ISBN: |
0813932912hbk. |
ISBN: |
9780813932927pbk. |
Content Note: |
Introduction. The witness stand: where the truth lies -- The autobiographical springboard. Lemoi à plusieurs reprises: from confession to testimony in the autobiographical writings of Helene Cixous and Assia Djebar; La singularite de l'alterite: self-portraiture and the other in Maissa Bey -- Takeoff points. La terre maternelle: Algeria and the mother in the work of Marie Cardinal, Helene Cixous, and Assia Djebar; "La celebration d'une terre-mere": Albert Camus and Algeria according toMaissa Bey and Assia Djebar -- Embodiments. Écrire les maux: Helene Cixous and writing the body over time; Sexualites et sensualites: corporeal configurations in the work of Maissa Bey, Assia Djebar, Malika Mokeddem, and Leila Sebbar -- Reverberations. Ruptures intimes: sentimental splitting in the work of Assia Djebar; Lourds retours: coming back toAlgeria in Malika Mokeddem's L'interdite; Fille de harki: relating to the father, country, and religion in the writing of Zahia Rahmani; Fabulation et imagination: women, nation, and identification in Maissa Bey's Cette fille-là -- ConclusionMass in A minor: putting Algeria on the map |