Polygraphies Francophone Women Writing Algeria

Name: Polygraphies Francophone Women Writing Algeria
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ISBN: 9780813932910

ISBN-10: 0813932912

ISBN-13: 9780813932910

Edition: 2012

Authors: Alison Rice

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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…

Book details

List price: $60.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Publication date: 8/30/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.056
Language: English