Black Paris: The African Writers' Landscape (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780252069352)

Black Paris documents the struggles and successes of three generations of African writers as they strive to establish their artistic, literary, and cultural identities in France. Based on long-term ethnographic, archival, and historical research, the work is enriched by interviews with many writers of the new generation.

Bennetta Jules-Rosette explores African writing and identity in France from the early n gritude movement and the founding of the Pr sence Africaine publishing house in 1947 to the mid-1990s. Examining the relationship between African writing and French anthropology as well as the emergence of new styles and discourses, Jules-Rosette covers French Pan-Africanism and the revolutionary writing of the 1960s and 1970s. She also discusses the new generation of African writers who appeared in Paris during the 1980s and 1990s.

Author: Bennetta Jules-Rosette
ISBN-10: 0252069358
ISBN-13: 9780252069352
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Language: English
Published: 06/14/2000
Pages: 376
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 5.91h x 8.90w x 0.87d