Women fight, women write : texts on the Algerian war /

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"This book examines Algerian women's narratives of the Algerian War of Independence, drawing on political and historical analyses, interviews, memoirs, fiction, poetry, essays, and films"--

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Mortimer, Mildred P. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2018.
Subjects:
Algerian literature (French) > Women authors > History and criticism.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > French.
LITERARY CRITICISM > African.
Algerian literature (French) > Women authors.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: women write, women fight
  • Writing women into history: Daniele Djamila Amrane-Minne
  • Herstory is the war story: from Assia Djebar's early fiction to L'amour, la fantasia
  • Mapping the traumascape: Yamina Mechraka's La grotte eclatee
  • Wounded memories: Maissa Bey's Entendez-vous dans les montagnes
  • Collective trauma, collective memory: Leila Sebbar's La seine etait rouge and une enfance
  • Dans la guerre: Algerie, 1954-1962
  • Testimonial literature: self-reflection in the works of Zohra Drif, Louisette Ighilahriz, and Eveline Safir Lavalette
  • Remembering Zoulikha in Assia Djebar's film and fiction
  • Conclusion: the silence has been broken.

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