ISBN:
3034302088
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9783034302081
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9783034302081
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9783035301472
Language:
English
Pages:
xiv, 299 p.
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Modern French identities v. 73
Parallel Title:
Print version Parcours de femmes : Twenty Years of Women in French
DDC:
305.42
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Abstract:
This collection of essays celebrates twenty years of Women in French, a network of female academics working in the discipline of French Studies and investigates the theme of trajectories in French and Francophone women's lives and writings
Abstract:
This collection of essays celebrates twenty years of Women in French, a network of female academics working in the discipline of French Studies and investigates the theme of trajectories in French and Francophone women's lives and writings
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents - vii; Maggie Allison and Diana Holmes - Preface: The Parcours of Women in French, UK - xi; Part I -Making Women Visible - 1; Siân Reynolds - Tracking Lives: Women's Biography in Perspective -3; Caroline Verdier - Trajectories of Two Women's Libraries: A Comparative Study ofthe Bibliothèque Léonie La Fontaine and the Bibliothèque Marguerite Durand - 23; Part II - Women's Trajectories through Public Space -39; Jane Chapman - A Business Trajectory: Assessing Female Representation in Le Petit Journal, Europe's First Mass Circulation Daily -41
Description / Table of Contents:
Maggie Allison - 'Femme Fatale' or 'Femme Phénix'? The Discourse-Trajectory of 2007 Presidential Candidate Ségolène Royal -59Manda Green - Hello, Goodbye? Women's Trajectories within the French National Assembly -77; Imogen Long - Ecrire pour me parcourir: Gisèle Halimi's parcours and the Role of her Autobiography -97; Estelle Soudant-Depelchin - Trajectories of Homeless Women in France -113; Part III - Women's Trajectories in and through Literature -131; Amaleena Damlé - Nomadic Trajectories: Postfeminism and Contemporary Women's Writing in French -133
Description / Table of Contents:
Gabrielle Parker - An Illusory Journey: The Mermaid's Trajectory in Ying Chen's Fiction -151Elise Hugueny-Léger - Du Dedans au Dehors: Trajectories of the Self in Diariesby Annie Ernaux -167; Nicole Thatcher - Marie Chaix's Trajectory as a Writer: The Ever Present Pastand the Inf luence of Feminism -181; Florence Tilch - Feminising War Experience: Representations of the Second World War in Québécois Historical Fiction -195; Jurate Kaminskas - Reading Victor Margueritte and Léon Frapié: Motherhood, the Emancipated Woman and Female Identity -211
Description / Table of Contents:
Part IV - Women's Trajectories through Geographical Space -227Dawn M. Cornelio - I'm going back where I came from: Travels in Languages and Prosein Marie Etienne's Sensò, la guerre and Silvia Baron-Supervielle's Le livre du retour -229; Michelle Royer - The Hijacking of a Genre: French Female Film-makersand the Road Movie -243; Joy Charnley - Ella Maillart and Laurence Deonna: Impressions of the USSR -257; Angela Kershaw - 'For lust of knowing what should not be known': Ella Maillart, Ethel Mannin and the Journey to Russia in the 1930s -273; Notes on Contributors -291; Index -297;
Description / Table of Contents:
Preface: The parcours of women in French, UK / Maggie Allison and Diana Holmes -- Tracking lives: women's biography in perspective / Siân Reynolds -- Trajectories of two women's libraries: a comparative study of the Bibliothèque Léonie La Fontaine and the Bibliothèque Marguerite Durand / Caroline Verdier -- A business trajectory: assessing female representation in Le petit journal, Europe's first mass circulation daily / Jane Chapman -- "Femme fatale" or "Femme Phénix"? The discourse-trajectory of 2007 presidential candidate Ségolène Royal / Maggie Allison -- Hello, goodbye? Women's trajectories within the French National Assembly / Manda Green -- Ecrire pour me parcourir: Gisèle Halimi's parcours and the role of her autobiography / Imogen Long -- Trajectories of homeless women in France / Estelle Soudant-Depelchin -- Nomadic trajectories: postfeminism and contemporary women's writing in French / Amaleena Damlé -- An illusory journey: the mermaid's trajectory in Ying Chen's fiction / Gabrielle Parker -- Du dedans au dehors: trajectories of the self in diaries by Annie Ernaux / Elise Hugueny-Léger -- Marie Chaix's trajectory as a writer: the ever present past and the influence of feminism / Nicole Thatcher -- Feminising war experience: representations of the second World War in Québécois historical fiction / Florence Tilch -- Reading Victor Margueritte and Léon Frapié: motherhood, the emancipated woman and female identity / Jurate Kaminskas -- I'm going back where I came from: travels in language and prose in Marie Etienne's Sensò, la guerre and Silvia Baron-Supervielle's Le livre du retour / Dawn M. Cornelio -- The hijacking of a genre: French female film-makers and the road movie / Michelle Royer -- Ella Maillart and Laurence Deonna: impressions of the USSR / Joy Charnley -- "For lust of knowing what should not be known": Ella Maillart, Ethel Mannin and the journey to Russia in the 1930s / Angela Kershaw.
Description / Table of Contents:
The parcours of women in French, UK / Maggie Allison and Diana Holmes -- Tracking lives: women's biography in perspective / Siân Reynolds -- Trajectories of two women's libraries: a comparative study of the Bibliothèque Léonie La Fontaine and the Bibliothèque Marguerite Durand / Caroline Verdier -- A business trajectory: assessing female representation in Le petit journal, Europe's first mass circulation daily / Jane Chapman -- "Femme fatale" or "Femme Phénix"? The discourse-trajectory of 2007 presidential candidate Ségolène Royal / Maggie Allison -- Hello, goodbye? Women's trajectories within the French National Assembly / Manda Green -- Ecrire pour me parcourir: Gisèle Halimi's parcours and the role of her autobiography / Imogen Long -- Trajectories of homeless women in France / Estelle Soudant-Depelchin -- Nomadic trajectories: postfeminism and contemporary women's writing in French / Amaleena Damlé -- An illusory journey: the mermaid's trajectory in Ying Chen's fiction / Gabrielle Parker -- Du dedans au dehors: trajectories of the self in diaries by Annie Ernaux / Elise Hugueny-Léger -- Marie Chaix's trajectory as a writer: the ever present past and the influence of feminism / Nicole Thatcher -- Feminising war experience: representations of the second World War in Québécois historical fiction / Florence Tilch -- Reading Victor Margueritte and Léon Frapié: motherhood, the emancipated woman and female identity / Jurate Kaminskas -- I'm going back where I came from: travels in language and prose in Marie Etienne's Sensò, la guerre and Silvia Baron-Supervielle's Le livre du retour / Dawn M. Cornelio -- The hijacking of a genre: French female film-makers and the road movie / Michelle Royer -- Ella Maillart and Laurence Deonna: impressions of the USSR / Joy Charnley -- "For lust of knowing what should not be known": Ella Maillart, Ethel Mannin and the journey to Russia in the 1930s / Angela Kershaw
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