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Title Francophone women coming of age : memoirs of childhood and adolescence from France, Africa, Quebec and the Caribbean / edited by Debra Popkin.

Publication Info. Newcastle, UK : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2007.

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 116 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
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Note "The present study began as a panel of papers presented at a session on the theme of Coming of Age, the Quest for Identity in Francophone Women Writers, organized and chaired by Professor Debra Popkin, at the NEMLA (Northeast Modern Language Association) annual conference in Philadelphia in March 2006. The papers were expanded and additional contributors joined the project ..."--Page [1].
Includes abstracts.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Contents Ch. 1. Multiple Identities as Adolescent Coping Mechanism in Annie Ernaux's Les Armoires vides and Assia Djebar's L'Amour, la fantasia / Beth Gale -- ch. 2. An Absent Presence: Adolescence and the Inadequate Female Role Model in Myriam Warner-Vieyra's Le Quimboiseur L'avait dit ... As the Sorcer Said ... / Leah Tolber Lyons -- ch. 3. Growing up with Julia: Gisèle Pineau and her Grandmother, a Caribbean Girl's Journey to Self-Discovery / Debra Popkin -- ch. 4. La terre ne ment pas: Aminata Sow Fall's Douceurs du bercail as Bildungsroman / Natalie Edwards -- ch. 5. Temale Portraits of Childhood and Adolescence in Selected Works of Gabrielle Roy / Myrna Delson-Karan -- ch. 6. Salvation through Writing in Marie-Claire Blais' Manuscrits de Pauline Archange / S. Pascale Vergereau-Dewey -- ch. 7. Female Adolescence in Quebec's Post-Quiet Revolution novels: Gabrielle Gourdeay's L'écho du silence, Monique Proulx's Le sexe des étoiles, and Marie Laberge's Annabelle / Edith B. Vandervoort.
Summary 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 ...
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Subject French literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism -- Congresses.
French literature -- Women authors.
Girls in literature.
Girls in literature.
Children in literature -- Congresses.
Children in literature.
Adolescence in literature -- Congresses.
Adolescence in literature.
Chronological Term Geschichte 1850-1900
Geschichte 1900-2000
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Added Author Popkin, Debra.
Northeast Modern Language Association (U.S.). Conference (2006 : Philadelphia)
Other Form: Print version: Popkin, Debra. Francophone Women Coming of Age : Memoirs of Childhood and Adolescence from France, Africa, Quebec and the Caribbean. Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, ©2007 9781847183224
ISBN 9781443809429 (electronic book)
144380942X (electronic book)