| Breadfruit or Chestnut?: Gender Construction in the French Caribbean Novel Contributor(s): Thomas, Bonnie (Author) |
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ISBN: 0739115847 ISBN-13: 9780739115848 Publisher: Lexington Books OUR PRICE: $53.45 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2007 Annotation: Breadfruit or Chestnut? examines gender construction comparatively across the fiction of contemporary writers of Guadeloupe and Martinique. In particular, it explores the construction of gender identity by six authors--three male and three female--who have never been brought together in a study of this issue. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | European - French |
| Dewey: 843.009 |
| Series: After the Empire: The Francophone World and Postcolonial France (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.64" H x 6.47" W x 8.92" (0.68 lbs) 212 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - French - Cultural Region - Latin America |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Breadfruit or Chestnut? examines gender construction comparatively across the fiction of contemporary writers of Guadeloupe and Martinique. In particular, it explores the construction of gender identity by six authors-three male and three female-who have never been brought together in a study of this issue. Rather than following the trend of studying theory and cultural identity in the central male writers and of studying 'women's writing' in the works of the female writers, Thomas expertly blurs these traditional boundaries in order to present an unexplored aspect of identity. In addition to illuminating women's conception of gender, this work examines the male equivalent and how each gender observes and perceives the other. Breadfruit or Chestnut? not only contextualizes the primary literature, but also draws on contemporary theoretical debates surrounding feminism, subjectivity, and postcolonialism. The combination of literary and historical tools of analysis allows for a deeper probing into gender relations in the French Caribbean. |