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1 online resource (viii, 218 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Hampâté Bâ: equilibrium and ambiguous reception -- Valentin Mudimbé: autobiography, philosophy, and exclusive Francophone reception -- Kesso Barry: autobiography, masculinity, ambiguity, and limited reception -- Patrick Chamoiseau: the theatrical self and a paradoxical reception -- Raphaël Confiant: defense and illustration of Créolité and its complacent reception -- Maryse Condé: autobiographical space and lukewarm reception. |
| Summary |
Bringing a contemporary perspective to the study of autobiography, Edgard Sankara considers a cross-section of postcolonial francophone writing from Africa and the Caribbean in order to examine and compare for the first time their transnational reception. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
French literature -- French-speaking countries -- History and criticism.
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French literature. |
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French-speaking countries. |
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Autobiography.
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Autobiography. |
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Postcolonialism -- French-speaking countries.
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Postcolonialism. |
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African literature (French) -- History and criticism.
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African literature (French) |
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West Indian literature (French) -- History and criticism.
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West Indian literature (French) |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Sankara, Edgard, 1970- Postcolonial Francophone autobiographies. Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2011 9780813931715 (DLC) 2011015735 (OCoLC)716070580 |
| ISBN |
9780813931760 (electronic book) |
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0813931762 (electronic book) |
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9780813931715 |
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0813931711 |
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9780813931722 |
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081393172X |
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