Between Totem And Taboo
Black Man, White Woman in Francographic Literature
By (author) Roger Little
Hardback (Published)
(February 2001)
ISBN: 9780859896498
6.14 x 9.21 inches
Price: $90.00
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Between Totem and Taboo picks its way judiciously through a minefield of prejudice, myth and stereotypes. It is the first book to explore the literary representation by authors black and white, male and female, of interracial relations between France and her former territories in West Africa through the special nexus of the white woman and the black man. Presented as a text-based chronological exploration of the relationship from 1740 to the present day, it reveals how racism distorted such relations for a quarter of a millennium. It will fascinate anyone seriously interested in Black studies, Women’s studies and Postcolonial studies, who will find in it not only many unknown or unconsidered texts but a new angle of approach to their research. All quotations are in French and English.
Acknowledgements
Some Key Dates
Introduction: Between Totem and Taboo
1. Eighteenth-century Enwhitenment
2. From Taboo to Totem
3. Traditions and Transitions
4. Opposite genders, Opposite Agendas
5. The French Empire Writes Back
6. Struggles for Independence
7. The Freedom to Choose
8. Liberty and Licence
9. Full Circle
Conclusion: Beyond Difference and Indifference
Notes
Select Bibliography
Index
Roger Little was Professor of French (1776) at Trinity College Dublin until his retirement in 1998. He has an outstanding record of scholarship in French and Francophone writing, with particular interests in sub-Saharan Africa and the Caribbean. His academic work has mainly concentrated on modern French poetry and the representation of Blacks in Francographic literature. He has edited several volumes of Textes LittEraires for University of Exeter Press. The French government has conferred upon him the rank of Chevalier de l’Ordre National du Merite and he has been awarded the Prix de l’Academie francaise: medaille de vermeil du rayonnement de la langue francaise.
- By (author) Roger Little
"Wide ranging and fascinating ... For its breadth of knowledge, ranging across centuries and continents, this book will be indispensable to all those with an interest in this subject." FS LVI.3, 2002
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'Wide ranging and fascinating . . . For its breadth of knowledge, ranging across centuries and continents, this book will be indispensable to all those with an interest in this subject.' (FS LVI.3, 2002)
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