Francophone Afropean literatures / edited by Nicki Hitchcott and Dominic Thomas.
| Other author | Hitchcott, Nicki. |
| Other author | Thomas, Dominic Richard David. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, |
| Description | vi, 232 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Francophone postcolonial studies ; new ser., v. 5 Francophone postcolonial studies ; new ser., v.5. ^A1092930 |
| Contents | Introduction: Francophone Afropeans / Nicki Hitchcott and Dominic Thomas -- Essays: Afropeanism and francophone Sub-Saharan African writing / Dominic Thomas. The transatlantic poetics of Fatou Diome / Kathryn M. Lachman. Corps sans titre : "fleshiness" and Afropean identity in Bessora's 53 cm / John Nimis. Already here : Sami Tchak's Afropean generation / Allison Van Deventer. Paris polar : Afropean noir in the City of Light / Dawn Fulton. Mapping Afropea : the translation of Black Paris in the fiction of Alain Mabanckou / John Patrick Walsh. Relighting stars and bazaars of voices : exchange and dialogue in Leonora Miano's Tels des astres etients and Alain Mabanckou's Black bazar / Kathryn Kleppinger. Sex and the Afropean city : Leonora Miano's Blues pour Elise / Nicki Hitchcott. Towards an Afropean cosmopolitanism : hospitality, friendship and the African immigrant / Srilata Ravi. Afropean masculinities as bricolage / Ayo A. Coly -- Short stories: The old man and the boat / Fatou Diome. The rain-maker affair / Leonora Miano. The squirrels of Wannsee / Abdourahman A. Waheri. Francasterix / Wilfried N'Sonde. At the borders of my skin / Sami Tchak. Confessions of a sapeur / Alain Mabanckou. |
| General note | Short stories conclude with translator's name. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2013497689 |
| ISBN | 9781781380345 (hbk.) |
| ISBN | 1781380341 (hbk.) |