Del i serien After the Empire: The Francophone World and Postcolonial France

Rethinking Marriage in Francophone African and Caribbean Literatures

Häftad, Engelska, 2008

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Rethinking Marriage in Francophone African and Caribbean Literatures analyzes novels and films that demonstrate how marriage affects Francophone African and Caribbean women in their respective societies. It argues that marriage serves as a catalyst for intense identity formation because it functions as a narrative intersection for a number of overlapping themes on gender and the body, class and economics, religion, interracial and intercultural identity and nation building. Marriage provides a narrative space for commentary on cultural practices presented in the works in question as the foundations of cultural identity.

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Utgivningsdatum2008-09-15
Mått154 x 231 x 15 mm
Vikt313 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieAfter the Empire: The Francophone World and Postcolonial France
Antal sidor206
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9780739116586

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Chapter 1 PrefaceChapter 2 IntroductionChapter 3 1 Marriage and Gender PoliticsChapter 4 2 Marriage, Sexuality and the BodyChapter 5 3 Marriage and MotherhoodChapter 6 4 Marriage, Religion, and PolygynyChapter 7 5 Polygyny, AIDS, Sexuality and StatusChapter 8 6 Marriage, Métissage, and IdentityChapter 9 7 Women, Marriage and National IdentityChapter 10 Conclusion: Marriage: A Viable OptionChapter 11 Bibliography

Offering a detailed and well organized literary analysis of marriage practices in African and Caribbean literatures, Cecile Accilien provides us with a timely and highly informative work on an understudied topic. She successfully demonstrates that African and Caribbean societies are indeed a complex interaction and intersection of a multitude of factors shaping the dynamic of conjugal relations. This study will be of immense value to scholars and students of African and Caribbean literatures and cultures.