
Calixthe Beyala
Performances of Migration
Nicki Hitchcott(Author)
Liverpool University Press
Published on 1. October 2006
Book
Hardback
192 pages
978-1-84631-028-7 (ISBN)
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Description
The most successful female writer from Francophone Africa, Calixthe Beyala occupies an unusual place in French literary and popular culture. Her novels are bestsellers and she appears regularly on French television, yet a conviction for plagiarism has tarnished her reputation. Thus, she is both an "authentic" African author and a proven literary "fake."
In Calixthe Beyala, Nicki Hitchcott considers representations of Beyala in the media, critical responses to her writing, and Beyala's efforts to position herself as a champion of women's rights. Hitchcott pays equal attention to Beyala's novels, tracing their explorations of the role of migration in the creation of personal identity.
In Calixthe Beyala, Nicki Hitchcott considers representations of Beyala in the media, critical responses to her writing, and Beyala's efforts to position herself as a champion of women's rights. Hitchcott pays equal attention to Beyala's novels, tracing their explorations of the role of migration in the creation of personal identity.
Reviews / Votes
Rigorous in its scholarship, Hitchcott's Calixthe Beyala is an invaluable and accessible resource for both specialists and the reader coming to Beyala's work for the first time. Modern Language Review The first book-length study B. To be published in English. Analysing the performance of migrant identities by B. And her fictional characters, and tracing the fictional migration of Beyala's settings between Africa and France, H. Provides close critical analysis of Beyala's novels from C'eset le soleil qui m'a brulee (1987) to La Plantation (2005). The Years Work in Modern Languages Studies, Volume 69 (2007) 2009 ... Excellent study with its abundant notes and useful bibliography, tackles the more perplexing questions that have accompanied Calixthe Beyala's meteoric fuse to fame on France's literary scene. International Journal of Francophone Studies, Volume 11, Numbers 1 & 2 2008 Hitchcott's searching analysis of performances of migration is an invaluable tool for researchers working in the field of postcolonial studies. Although in her last chapter, Hitchott alludes to the view of Beyala being some sort of self-promoting fake, nevertheless this energetic writer has given the critics rich controversial material, to which Hitchcott does full justice in this survey. Francophone Postcolonial Studies, 5.2 2007More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Liverpool
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 239 mm
Width: 163 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-84631-028-7 (9781846310287)
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Person
Nicki Hitchcott is Professor of French and African Studies at the University of St Andrews.
Content
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Introduction: A Postcolonial Phenomenon
1. Calixthe Beyala Incorporated?
2. Invented Authenticities
3. Migrating Subjectivies
4. 'Afro-francaise': In-Between or Out of Sync?
5. Performing Identities
Conclusion: Survival in a Post-Exotic Age
Notes
Bibliography of Works Cited
Index
Abbreviations
Introduction: A Postcolonial Phenomenon
1. Calixthe Beyala Incorporated?
2. Invented Authenticities
3. Migrating Subjectivies
4. 'Afro-francaise': In-Between or Out of Sync?
5. Performing Identities
Conclusion: Survival in a Post-Exotic Age
Notes
Bibliography of Works Cited
Index