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1 online resource |
| Contents |
Introduction. The witness stand: where the truth lies -- The autobiographical springboard. Le moi à plusieurs reprises: from confession to testimony in the autobiographical writings of Helene Cixous and Assia Djebar; La singularité de l'altérité: 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-mère": Albert Camus and Algeria according to Maissa Bey and Assia Djebar -- Embodiments. Écrire les maux: Helene Cixous and writing the body over time; Sexualités et sensualités: 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 to Algeria 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 -- Conclusion. Mass in A minor: putting Algeria on the map |
| Summary |
"Coinciding with the fiftieth anniversary of Algeria's independence, Polygraphies is significant and timely in its focus on autobiographical writings by seven of the most prominent francophone women writers from Algeria today, including Maïssa Bey, Hélène Cixous, Assia Djebar, and Malika Mokeddem. These authors witnessed both the "before" and "after" of the colonial experience in their land, and their fictional and theoretical texts testify to the lasting impact of this history. From a variety of personal perspectives and backgrounds, each writer addresses linguistic, religious, and racial issues of crucial contemporary importance in Algeria. Alison Rice engages their work from a range of disciplines, striving both to heighten our sensitivity to the plurality inherent in their texts and to move beyond a true/false dichotomy to a wealth of possible truths, all communicated in writing."--Project Muse |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Algerian literature (French) -- Women authors -- History and criticism
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Women in literature.
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Postcolonialism in literature.
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Women authors, Algerian -- Political and social views
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Women authors, Arab -- Algeria -- Political and social views
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Women and literature -- Algeria -- History -- 20th century
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Feminism and literature -- Algeria -- History -- 20th century
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- French.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- African.
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Algerian literature (French) -- Women authors
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Feminism and literature
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Literature
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Postcolonialism in literature
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Women and literature
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Women authors, Arab -- Political and social views
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Women in literature
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| SUBJECT |
Algeria -- In literature
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Algeria
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2012002036 |
| ISBN |
0813932939 |
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9780813932934 |
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