Considering questions of genre and ideology, the author highlights the tension between the individualistic act of writing and the collective tradition of Africa
"A very important contribution to the field by an African scholar with a thorough, empathetic command of the field of African feminine writing in French."--Chri
"Linking Africa and the Caribbean, orality to writing, Larrier presents an important study of women's empowerment in contemporary francophone literature."--Mild
Rewriting The Return to Africa: Voices of Francophone Caribbean Women Writers examines the ways Guadeloupean women writers Maryse Condé, Simone Schwarz-Bart an
Although the past two decades have seen a wide recognition of the notable fiction written in French by African women, little attention has been given to their e