Calixthe Beyala [[electronic resource] ] : performances of migration / / Nicki Hitchcott

• Autore: Hitchcott Nicki
• Pubblicazione: Liverpool, : Liverpool University Press, 2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (198 p.)
• Disciplina: 843
• Soggetto topico: Authors, African
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: As 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 whic
• 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.: 9910454138403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Contemporary French and francophone cultures ; ; 5.