{"product_id":"autofiction-a-female-francophone-aesthetic-of-exile-2021-9781800859913","title":"Autofiction: A Female Francophone Aesthetic of","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAutofiction: A Female Francophone Aesthetic of Exile\u003c\/i\u003e explores the multiple aspects of exile, displacement, mobility, and identity as expressed in contemporary autofictional work written in French by women writers from across the francophone world. Drawing on postcolonial theory, gender theory, and autobiographical theory, the book analyses narratives of exile by six authors who are shaped by their multiple locales of attachment: Kim Lefèvre (Vietnam\/France), Gisèle Pineau (Guadeloupe\/mainland France), Nina Bouraoui (Algeria\/France), Michèle Rakotoson (Madagascar\/France), Véronique Tadjo (Côte d’Ivoire\/France), and Abla Farhoud (Lebanon\/Quebec). In this way, the book argues that the French colonial past continues to mould female articulations of mobility and identity in the postcolonial present.\u003cbr\u003eResponding to gaps in the critical discourse of exile, namely gender, this book brings \u003ci\u003egenre \u003c\/i\u003ein both its forms — gender and literary genre — to bear on narratives of exile, arguing that the reconceptualization of categories of mobility occurs specifically in women’s autofictional writing. The six authors complicate discussions of exile as they are highly mobile, hybrid subjects. This rootless existence, however, often renders them alienated and ‘out of place’. While ensuring not to trivialize the very real difficulties faced by those whose exile is not a matter of choice, the book argues that the six authors experience their hybridity as both a literal and a metaphorical exile, a source of both creativity and trauma.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A compelling and lucid exploration of the female francophone aesthetics of exile in six contemporary authors, this is a fascinating and important intervention in theories of exile and francophone studies more widely.”\u003cbr\u003eKathryn Robson, Newcastle University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: Beyond Exile and the Limitations of Postcolonial Paradigms in Francophone Women’s Writing\u003cbr\u003eChapter One: Exile, Autofiction, and Women’s Writing\u003cbr\u003eChapter Two: Exile, \u003ci\u003eMétissage\u003c\/i\u003e, and Family Estrangement in Kim Lefèvre’s Autobiographical Narratives\u003cbr\u003eChapter Three: Exile as a ‘Forced Choice’: War and Migration in Gisèle Pineau’s \u003ci\u003eL’Exil selon Julia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter Four: The Four Problems of Nina Bouraoui\u003cbr\u003eChapter Five: Madagascar: ‘A No-Woman’s-Land’? Exile and \u003ci\u003eErrance \u003c\/i\u003ein Michèle Rakotoson’s\u003ci\u003e Juillet au pays: chroniques d’un retour à Madagascar\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter Six:\tReturn as Exile in Véronique Tadjo’s \u003ci\u003eLoin de mon père\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter Seven: Transgenerational Exile in Abla Farhoud’s Autofiction\u003cbr\u003eConclusion\u003cbr\u003eBibliography","brand":"Liverpool University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51360139575639,"sku":"9781800859913","price":109.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/autofiction-a-female-francophone-aesthetic-of-exile-2021-9781800859913","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}