Calixthe Beyala : performances of migration / / Nicki Hitchcott

• Autore: Hitchcott Nicki
• Pubblicazione: Liverpool, : Liverpool University Press, 2006
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (190 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 843
• Soggetto topico: Authors, African
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 07 Jul 2017).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction : a postcolonial phenomenon -- ; 1. Calixthe Beyala incorporated? -- ; 2. Invented authenticities -- ; 3. Migrating subjectivities -- ; 4. 'Afro-francaise' : in-between or out of sync? -- ; 5. Performing identities -- Conclusion : survival in a post-exotic age.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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, yet a conviction for plagiarism has tarnished her reputation. Thus, she is both an "authentic" African author and a proven literary "fake."In Calixthe Beyala, Nicki Hitchcott considers representations of Beyala in the media, critical responses to her writing, and Beyala's efforts to position herself as a champion of women's rights. Hitchcott pays equal attention to Beyala's novels, tracing their explorations of the role of migration in the creation of personal identity.
• Titolo autorizzato: Calixthe Beyala
• ISBN: 1-78138-627-7; 1-84631-272-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910809112103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Contemporary French and francophone cultures ; ; 5.