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Author:

Rice, Alison, 1973-

Title:

Polygraphies : Francophone women writing Algeria / Alison Rice.

Publisher:

University of Virginia Press,

Copyright Date:

2012

Description:

x, 243 p. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Algerian literature (French)--History and criticism.--History and criticism.
Women in literature.
Postcolonialism in literature.
Women authors, Algerian--Political and social views.
Women authors, Arab--Algeria--Political and social views.
Women and literature--Algeria--History--20th century.
Feminism and literature--Algeria--History--20th century.
Algeria--In literature.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction. The witness stand: where the truth lies -- The autobiographical springboard. Le moi áa plusieurs reprises: from confession to testimony in the autobiographical writings of Helene Cixous and Assia Djebar; La singularitâe de l'altâeritâe: 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-máere": Albert Camus and Algeria according to Maissa Bey and Assia Djebar -- Embodiments. âEcrire les maux: Helene Cixous and writing the body over time; Sexualitâes et sensualitâes: 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-láa -- Conclusion. Mass in A minor: putting Algeria on the map.

ISBN:

0813932939 (e-book)
9780813932934 (e-book)
0813932920 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780813932927 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0813932912 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780813932910 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)776874566

LCCN:

2012002036

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)