Disruptive Discourses by Francophone Women by Galis, Polly; Gorman, Ciara; Rodgers, Julie;

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Disruptive Discourses by Francophone Women engages with the notion of disruption in women’s cultural production in French from a wide range of perspectives, spanning the twentieth and twenty-first centuries and incorporating a variety of Francophone contexts. With a pluri-genre focus, the volume interrogates both the conceptualisation and textual representation of disruption in a myriad of forms including social, political, physical and sexual manifestations of disruptive behaviour. Organised thematically, the chapters consider inter alia angles such as ageing, motherhood, activism, queerness and migrancy and how they relate to the overarching topic of disruption. The volume is particularly concerned with the gendered dynamics of disruption and an exploration as to why certain values and behaviours are deemed transgressive and problematic when applied to women. Perhaps most importantly, the volume is interested in the creative potential of disruption to challenge oppressive norms, stereotypes and social structures. When harnessed affirmatively, as the chapters demonstrate, disruption becomes an effective tool of transformation and can produce new ways of thinking and being for women outside of patriarchal systems. Disruptive Discourses not only highlights the importance of listening to women who speak out and speak up, it also celebrates and reappropriates disruption as a powerful and positive attribute.

Part Two: Disruptive Stories Across Space and Time

Chapter 4. ‘Legal, Political and Textual Disruption: The Autobiographical Writing of Gisèle Halimi’, Natalie Edwards

Chapter 5. ‘Affronter les ogres: Subversive Storytelling in Dalila Kerchouche’s Mon Père, ce Harki (2003) and Zahia Rahmani’s ‘Musulman’: Roman (2005)’, Clíona Hensey

Chapter 6. ‘“La France, c’est comme ça?”: Gender and the Quest for Asylum in Nathacha Appanah’s Tropique de la violence and Marie Darrieussecq’s La Mer à l’envers’, Dominique Carlini Versini

Part Three: Disruptive Bodies, Voices and Gazes

Chapter 7. ‘Disruptive Bodies and Voices in Ananda Devi’s Le Rire des déesses’, Adrienne Angelo

Chapter 8. ‘Looking Back as Disruption in Portrait de la jeune fille en feu (Sciamma, 2019)’, Peadar Kearney

Chapter 9. ‘Voicing the Silenced Bodies: Nicole Malinconi’s Hôpital silence’, Caroline Verdier

Part Four: Violent and ‘Vulgar’ Disruption

Chapter 10. ‘Disruption and Eruption: Terrorist Violence in the Work of Virginie Despentes’, Alexandra Pugh

Chapter 11. ‘Women Always Have to Put Up a F****g Fight: Coralie Fargeat’s *Revenge (2017) and Transgressive, Transnational Feminism’, Emma Flynn

Chapter 12. ‘Paroxysmal Rhythms in Anne F. Garréta’s La Décomposition and Sphinx’, Áine Larkin

Conclusion, Polly Galis, Ciara Gorman, Julie Rodgers