02691nam 2200589Ia 450 991045413840332120200520144314.01-78138-627-71-84631-272-8(CKB)1000000000576126(EBL)380673(OCoLC)476209599(SSID)ssj0000070944(PQKBManifestationID)11109674(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000070944(PQKBWorkID)10070848(PQKB)10776342(StDuBDS)EDZ0000127319(MiAaPQ)EBC380673(UkCbUP)CR9781781386279(Au-PeEL)EBL380673(CaPaEBR)ebr10369572(CaONFJC)MIL1731936(EXLCZ)99100000000057612620061130d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCalixthe Beyala[electronic resource] performances of migration /Nicki HitchcottLiverpool Liverpool University Press20061 online resource (198 p.)Contemporary French and francophone cultures ;5Description based upon print version of record.1-84631-028-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Title Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction: A Postcolonial Phenomenon; 1: Calixthe Beyala Incorporated?; 2: Invented Authenticities; 3: Migrating Subjectivities; 4: 'Afro-française': In-Between or Out of Sync?; 5: Performing Identities; Conclusion: Survival in a Post-Exotic Age; Notes; Bibliography of Works Cited; IndexAs the most successful female writer from Francophone Africa, Calixthe Beyala occupies an unusual place in French literary and popular culture. Her novels are bestsellers, and she appears regularly on French television and radio, yet her reputation has in recent years been tarnished by allegations of plagiarism. She is lauded both as a consecrated, best-selling 'authentic' African author and a proven literary 'fake', found guilty of plagiarism in the High Court in Paris but in the same year awarded the highly prestigious Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie Française for one of the novels in whicContemporary French and francophone cultures ;5.Authors, AfricanElectronic books.Authors, African.843Hitchcott Nicki919782MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910454138403321Calixthe Beyala2220058UNINA