The body in Francophone literature historical, thematic and aesthetic perspectives

"Much of Francophone literature is a response to an elaborate discourse that served to bolster colonial French notions of national grandeur and to justify expansion of French territories overseas. Drawing on various Francophone texts, this collection of new essays offers a compelling study of t...

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Weitere Verfasser: Ndiaye, El Hadji Malick (HerausgeberIn), Sow, Moussa (HerausgeberIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Jefferson, North Carolina McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers 2016
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Zusammenfassung:"Much of Francophone literature is a response to an elaborate discourse that served to bolster colonial French notions of national grandeur and to justify expansion of French territories overseas. Drawing on various Francophone texts, this collection of new essays offers a compelling study of the literary body--both corporeal and figurative"--
"Much of Francophone literature is a response to an elaborate discourse that served to bolster colonial French notions of national grandeur and to justify expansion of French territories overseas. Drawing on various Francophone texts, this collection of new essays offers a compelling study of the literary body--both corporeal and figurative"--
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:viii, 174 pages
23 cm
ISBN:9780786494668
978-0-7864-9466-8