Disruptive Discourses by Francophone Women

Polly Galis is a Policy Advisor for the Open Innovation Team in the UK Government’s Department for Education. Ciara Gorman is Teaching Fellow in French at UCD and the Communications Officer for Women in French UK-Ireland. Julie Rodgers is Associate Professor in French and Francophone Studies at the School of Modern Languages Literatures and Cultures, Maynooth University, Ireland.

• Introduction, Polly Galis, Ciara Gorman, Julie RodgersPart One: Archetypal Disruptors, Disrupting ArchetypesChapter 1. ‘Colette and the Other Woman’, Diana HolmesChapter 2. ‘Black Mariannes: Disrupting and Reimagining Marianne in the Name of French Universalism?’ Jasmine D. CooperChapter 3. ‘Greying Goes Digital: #uneapparitionsophiefontanel’, Adina StroiaPart Two: Disruptive Stories Across Space and TimeChapter 4. ‘Legal, Political and Textual Disruption: The Autobiographical Writing of Gisèle Halimi’, Natalie EdwardsChapter 5. ‘Affronter les ogres: Subversive Storytelling in Dalila Kerchouche’s Mon Père, ce Harki (2003) and Zahia Rahmani’s ‘Musulman’: Roman (2005)’, Clíona HenseyChapter 6. ‘“La France, c’est comme ça?”: Gender and the Quest for Asylum in Nathacha Appanah’s Tropique de la violence and Marie Darrieussecq’s La Mer à l’envers’, Dominique Carlini VersiniPart Three: Disruptive Bodies, Voices and GazesChapter 7. ‘Disruptive Bodies and Voices in Ananda Devi’s Le Rire des déesses’, Adrienne AngeloChapter 8. ‘Looking Back as Disruption in Portrait de la jeune fille en feu (Sciamma, 2019)’, Peadar KearneyChapter 9. ‘Voicing the Silenced Bodies: Nicole Malinconi’s Hôpital silence’, Caroline VerdierPart Four: Violent and ‘Vulgar’ DisruptionChapter 10. ‘Disruption and Eruption: Terrorist Violence in the Work of Virginie Despentes’, Alexandra PughChapter 11. ‘Women Always Have to Put Up a F****g Fight: Coralie Fargeat’s *Revenge (2017) and Transgressive, Transnational Feminism’, Emma FlynnChapter 12. ‘Paroxysmal Rhythms in Anne F. Garréta’s La Décomposition and Sphinx’, Áine LarkinConclusion, Polly Galis, Ciara Gorman, Julie Rodgers

"Disruptive Discourses offers a fruitful way of approaching Francophone women's writing, bringing in diverse voices and sources beyond the established canon. It will be an important addition to this growing field." – Dr Kathryn Robson, Newcastle University