Fictions of Race in Contemporary French Literature
French Writers, White Writing
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 31 March 2024
- ISBN 9780198893134
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages208 pages
- Size 240x165x15 mm
- Weight 468 g
- Language English 500
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Short description:
Fictions of Race in Contemporary French Literature is the first scholarly study to engage with the figure of the White writer and explore the White literary gaze in contemporary France.
MoreLong description:
Contemporary French writers have embarked on various quests for new sources of thematic and formal inspiration which are increasingly tied to issues of postcolonial legacies. However, French literature has never been consistently examined through the lens of race, ethnicity, and its relation to (post)coloniality. Fictions of Race in Contemporary French Literature is the first scholarly study to engage with the figure of the White writer and explore the White literary gaze in contemporary France. The book highlights the inherent postcoloniality of White Hexagonal literature in a context marked by institutionalized colour-blindness, and offers a reflection on responsible writing in and about postcolonial France.
The book identifies a set of formal features, functions, and aesthetic dispositions which reveal the ways in which White writers grapple with postcolonial subjects. It focuses on seven case studies featuring texts by Marie Darrieussecq, Virginie Despentes, Annie Ernaux, Nicolas Fargues, Pierre Lemaitre, Édouard Louis, and Nicolas Mathieu. Achille and Panaïté argue that it is imperative to recast the enduring boundedness of race and empire as a matter of equal concern to White and non-White writers.
Is French literature locked into a white privilege that makes it incapable of thinking about race? A provocative reflection on the future of French universalism in the post-colonial era, taking us on a remarkable journey through contemporary 'white' literary creation.
Table of Contents:
The Universal Invisibility of the French White Writer: Il faut beaucoup aimer les hommes by Marie Darrieussecq
Colonial Detail and Textual (Dys)Function: Au revoir là-haut by Pierre Lemaitre
The Postcolonial as Vanishing Point: Les Années by Annie Ernaux
Chaos and Convergence: Vernon Subutex by Virginie Despentes
Postcolonial Otobiography: Histoire de la violence by Édouard Louis
Authoring Postcolonial Normality: Leurs enfants après eux by Nicolas Mathieu
Calling Out the iNovel: Je ne suis pas une héroïne by Nicolas Fargues
Conclusion: The Kairos of White Writing. Building the Common Library of Literature in French
