Francophone women coming of age : memoirs of childhood and adolescence from France, Africa, Quebec and the Caribbean /: memoirs of childhood and adolescence from France, Africa, Quebec and the Caribbean. (2007)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Debra Popkin.
• Other Names: Popkin, Debra; Northeast Modern Language Association (U.S.)., Conference, (2006) (Philadelphia)
• Contents: Ch. 1. Multiple Identities as Adolescent Coping Mechanism in Annie Ernaux's Les Armoires vides and Assia Djebar's L'Amour, la fantasia / Beth Gale -- ch. 2. An Absent Presence: Adolescence and the Inadequate Female Role Model in Myriam Warner-Vieyra's Le Quimboiseur L'avait dit ... As the Sorcer Said ... / Leah Tolber Lyons -- ch. 3. Growing up with Julia: Gisèle Pineau and her Grandmother, a Caribbean Girl's Journey to Self-Discovery / Debra Popkin -- ch. 4. La terre ne ment pas: Aminata Sow Fall's Douceurs du bercail as Bildungsroman / Natalie Edwards -- ch. 5. Temale Portraits of Childhood and Adolescence in Selected Works of Gabrielle Roy / Myrna Delson-Karan -- ch. 6. Salvation through Writing in Marie-Claire Blais' Manuscrits de Pauline Archange / S. Pascale Vergereau-Dewey -- ch. 7. Female Adolescence in Quebec's Post-Quiet Revolution novels: Gabrielle Gourdeay's L'écho du silence, Monique Proulx's Le sexe des étoiles, and Marie Laberge's Annabelle / Edith B. Vandervoort.
• Publisher Details: Newcastle, UK : Cambridge Scholars Pub
• Publication Date: 2007
• Extent: 1 online resource (xi, 116 pages)
• Subjects: 840.99287; Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies; French literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism -- Congresses; Girls in literature; Children in literature -- Congresses; Adolescence in literature -- Congresses; LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- French; Adolescence in literature; Children in literature; French literature -- Women authors; Girls in literature; Frauenliteratur; Mädchen; Adoleszenz; Kindheit; Motiv (Literatur); Anthologies (non-poetry); Französisches Sprachgebiet; Electronic books; Conference papers and proceedings; Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781443809429
• Related ISBNs: 144380942X
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.
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