Moving away from reductive geographical or linguistic surveys of the Francophone world, this collection of original essays provides a thematic discussion of the complex historical, political and cultural links between France and its former colonies. Providing a theoretical framework for poscolonial criticism of the field, it also aims to trigger a genuine dialogue between Francophone and Anglophone scholars of postcolonialism. Part one provides a historical overview, from the 18th to the 20th century, addressing issues of colonialism, slavery and exoticism. Part two looks at language issues and discusses France's belief in the universality of its language and culture and the postcolonial challenges to that view. Part three discusses issues of diversity and multiculturalism in contemporary Francophone cultures. Part four concludes with an analysis of the French language contribution to postcolonialism as well as an examination of Francophone postcolonial thought and culture in the principal areas of the French-speaking world.
Table of Contents
Introduction The Case for Francophone Postcolonial Studies Section 1 Historical Perspectives: from slavery to decolonization 1. Seeds of Postcolonialism: black slavery and cultural difference to 1800 2. In Search of the Haitian Revolution 3.aaC--EuOf Whatever ColoraaC--(t): (dis)locating a place for the creole in nineteenth-century French literature 4. Revisiting Exoticism: from colonialism to postcolonialism 5. Empire on Film: from exoticism to cinema colonial 6. The Camus-Sartre Debate and the Colonial Question in Algeria 7. Resistance, Submission and Oppositionality: national identity in French Canada Section 2 Language and Identity in the Francophone World 8. aaC--EuFrancophonieaaC--(t) and aaC--EuUniversaliteaaC--(t): evolution of two notions conjoined 9.aaC--EuSeparisianismeaaC--(t), or internal colonialism 10.aaC--EuThis Creole Culture, miraculously forgedaaC--(t): the contradictions of aaC--EucreoliteaaC--(t). 11. Reading aaC--EuOralityaaC--(t) in French-Language Novels from Sub-Saharan Africa Section 3 Postcolonial Axes: Nation and Globalization in Contemporary Francophone Cultures 12. Tactical Universalism and New Multiculturalist Claims in Postcolonial France 13. The Contribution of North and Sub-Saharan African Immigrant Minorities to the Redefinition of Contemporary French Culture 14. Immigration, Tourism and Postcolonial Reinventions of Travel 15. Frantz Fanon, Atlantic Theorist, or Decolonization and Nation State in Postcolonial Theory Section 4 Postcolonial Thought and Culture in the Francophone World 16. aaC--EuFaire peau neuveaaC--(t)aaC--"Cesaire, Fanon, Memmi, Sartre and Senghor 17. Contesting Contexts: Francophone Thought and Anglophone Postcolonialism 18. Francophone Women Writers and Postcolonial Theory 19. Postcolonial Thought and Culture in Francophone North Africa 20. Beyond Tradition versus Modernity: Postcolonial Thought and Culture in Francophone Sub-Saharan Africa 21. Postcolonial Thought and the Francophone Caribbean 22. Resisting Colonialism? Gabrielle Roy and the cultural formation of Francophones in Manitoba 23. Colonial Undercurrents? The motif of the Mekong in Marguerite DurasaaC--(t)s aaC--EuIndochineseaaC--(t) texts Bibliography Index
Author Biography
Charles Forsdick is James Barrow Professor of French at the University of Liverpool. David Murphy is Lecturer in French at the University of Stirling, Scotland.
