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Polygraphies

Rice, Alison, 1973-

Polygraphies Francophone women writing Algeria / [electronic resource] : Alison Rice. - Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2012. - 1 online resource (256 p.) - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction. The witness stand: where the truth lies -- The autobiographical springboard. Le moi à plusieurs reprises: from confession to testimony in the autobiographical writings of Helene Cixous and Assia Djebar; La singularite de l'alterite: self-portraiture and the other in Maissa Bey -- Takeoff points. La terre maternelle: Algeria and the mother in the work of Marie Cardinal, Helene Cixous, and Assia Djebar; "La celebration d'une terre-mere": Albert Camus and Algeria according to Maissa Bey and Assia Djebar -- Embodiments. Écrire les maux: Helene Cixous and writing the body over time; Sexualites et sensualites: corporeal configurations in the work of Maissa Bey, Assia Djebar, Malika Mokeddem, and Leila Sebbar -- Reverberations. Ruptures intimes: sentimental splitting in the work of Assia Djebar; Lourds retours: coming back to Algeria in Malika Mokeddem's L'interdite; Fille de harki: relating to the father, country, and religion in the writing of Zahia Rahmani; Fabulation et imagination: women, nation, and identification in Maissa Bey's Cette fille-là -- Conclusion. Mass in A minor: putting Algeria on the map.

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Feminism and literature--History--Algeria--20th century.
Women and literature--History--Algeria--20th century.
Women authors, Arab--Political and social views.--Algeria
Women authors, Algerian--Political and social views.
Postcolonialism in literature.
Women in literature.
Algerian literature (French)--Women authors--History and criticism.


Algeria--In literature.


Electronic books.

PQ3988.5.A5 / R53 2012

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