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Francophone women coming of age : memoirs of childhood and adolescence from France, Africa, Quebec and the Caribbean by Debra Popkin; Northeast Modern Language Association (U.S.). Conference (2006 : Philadelphia) is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
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This book began as a panel of University professors on the theme of Francophone Women, Coming of Age, Memoirs of Childhood and Adolescence, presented at the Northeast Modern Language Association Convention in Philadelphia, 2006. The essays center on the plight of growing up female in male-dominated Francophone cultures. Issues of culture, tradition, religion (Catholic and Muslim), parental conflicts and sibling rivalry are addressed in the works of authors from France, Quebec, Africa and the Caribbean. Authors whose memoirs and fiction are analyzed in this study span three continents Europe, North America (Quebec and the Caribbean) and Africa but they share a common search for identity and self-definition. Dr. Beth Gale (Clark University) analyzes role-play and the use of language in the works of Annie Ernaux (France) and Assia Djebar (North Africa). Post-colonial angst and cross-cultural misunderstanding are the focus of the study of Aminata Sow Fall s Douceurs du bercail (Senegal, West Africa) by Dr. Natalie Edwards (Wagner College). Two chapters focus on Caribbean authors, from Guadeloupe: Dr. Debra Popkin (Baruch College CUNY) analyzes Gisèle Pineau s special relations
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- Author
- Debra Popkin; Northeast Modern Language Association (U.S.). Conference (2006 : Philadelphia)
- Publisher
- Cambridge Scholars Publishing
- Published
- 2007
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781847183224
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- History, Literary Criticism, Literary Fiction
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