Rethinking Marriage in Francophone African and Caribbean Literatures (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780739116586)

Rethinking Marriage in Francophone African and Caribbean Literatures analyzes novels and films that demonstrate how marriage affects Francophone African and Caribbean women in their respective societies. It argues that marriage serves as a catalyst for intense identity formation because it functions as a narrative intersection for a number of overlapping themes on gender and the body, class and economics, religion, interracial and intercultural identity and nation building. Marriage provides a narrative space for commentary on cultural practices presented in the works in question as the foundations of cultural identity.

Author: Cecile Accilien
ISBN-10: 0739116584
ISBN-13: 9780739116586
Publisher: Lexington Books
Language: English
Published: 09/15/2008
Pages: 206
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.68lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.47d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 09/15/2009 pg. 38