LEADER 04576nam 2200637 450 001 9910796719403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-5017-2454-1 024 7 $a10.7591/9781501724541 035 $a(CKB)4100000004909773 035 $a(OCoLC)1080551743 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse70013 035 $a(DE-B1597)515002 035 $a(OCoLC)1083630104 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781501724541 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL5448273 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11591760 035 $a(OCoLC)1044790382 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5448273 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000004909773 100 $a20180718d1995 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aPostcolonial representations $ewomen, literature, identity /$fFranc?oise Lionnet 210 1$aIthaca, New York ;$aLondon :$cCornell University Press,$d1995. 215 $a1 online resource (xvi, 196 pages) $cillustrations 225 0 $aReading Women Writing 311 $a0-8014-2984-6 311 $a0-8014-8180-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tPreface -- $tAbbreviations of Frequently Cited Works -- $tIntroduction. Logiques metisses: Cultural Appropriation and Postcolonial Representations -- $t1. Of Mangoes and Maroons: Language, History, and the Multicultural Subject of Michelle Cliff's Abeng -- $t2. Evading The Subject: Narration and the City in Ananda Devi's Rue La Poudriere -- $t3. Toward a New Antillean Humanism: Maryse Conde's Traversee de la mangrove -- $t4. Inscriptions of Exile: The Body's Knowledge and the Myth of Authenticity in Myriam Warner-Vieyra and Suzanne Dracius-Pinalie -- $t5. Geographies of Pain: Captive Bodies and Violent Acts in Myriam Wamer-Vieyra, Gayl Jones, and Bessie Head -- $t6. Dissymmetry Embodied: Nawal El Saadawi' s Woman at Point Zero and the Practice of Excision -- $t7. The Limits of Universalism: Identity, Sexuality, and Criminality -- $t8. Narrative Journeys: The Reconstruction of Histories in Leila Sebbar's Les Carnets de Shérazade -- $tConclusion. Whither Feminist Criticism? -- $tIndex 330 $aPassionate allegiances to competing theoretical camps have stifled dialogue among today's literary critics, asserts Françoise Lionnet. Discussing a number of postcolonial narratives by women from a variety of ethnic and cultural backgrounds, she offers a comparative feminist approach that can provide common ground for debates on such issues as multiculturalism, universalism, and relativism.Lionnet uses the concept of métissage, or cultural mixing, in her readings of a rich array of Francophone and Anglophone texts-by Michelle Cliff from Jamaica, Suzanne Dracius-Pinalie from Martinique, Ananda Devi from Mauritius, Maryse Conde and Myriam Warner-Vieyra from Guadeloupe, Gayl Jones from the United States, Bessie Head from Botswana, Nawal El Saadawi from Egypt, and Leila Sebbar from Algeria and France. Focusing on themes of exile and displacement and on narrative treatments of culturally sanctioned excision, polygamy, and murder, Lionnet examines the psychological and social mechanisms that allow individuals to negotiate conflicting cultural influences. In her view, these writers reject the opposition between self and other and base their self-portrayals on a métissage of forms and influences.Lionnet's perspective has much to offer critics and theorists, whether they are interested in First or Third World contexts, American or French critical perspectives, essentialist or poststructuralist epistemologies. 606 $aLiterature$xWomen authors$xHistory and criticism 606 $aLiterature, Modern$y20th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aFeminism and literature$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aWomen and literature$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aPostcolonialism in literature 606 $aGroup identity in literature 615 0$aLiterature$xWomen authors$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aLiterature, Modern$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aFeminism and literature$xHistory 615 0$aWomen and literature$xHistory 615 0$aPostcolonialism in literature. 615 0$aGroup identity in literature. 676 $a809.399287 700 $aLionnet$b Franc?oise$0629571 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910796719403321 996 $aPostcolonial Representations$91224206 997 $aUNINA