| Enduring Negativity: Representations of Albinism in the Novels of Didier Destremau, Patrick Grainville and Williams Sassine Contributor(s): Collier, Peter (Editor), Baker, Charlotte (Author) |
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ISBN: 3034301790 ISBN-13: 9783034301794 Publisher: Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publis
Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: March 2011 Click for more in this series: Modern French Identities |
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| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | European - French - Literary Criticism | Semiotics & Theory |
| Dewey: 843.914 |
| LCCN: 2011004206 |
| Series: Modern French Identities |
| Physical Information: 218 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - French |
| Features: Bibliography, Index |
| Review Citations: Reference and Research Bk News 10/01/2011 pg. 193 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This study focuses on fictional representations of albinism in the work of the French writers Didier Destremau and Patrick Grainville, and the Francophone Guinean writer Williams Sassine. The focus on selected novels allows for an in-depth study of each narrative and sheds new critical light on these under-studied writers, permitting a comparative discussion of the novels in relation to other writing about albinism. A series of common themes can be found in these novels, which, although present in different combinations and intensities, echo the preoccupations of all fictional writing about albinism. They include a recognition of the problematic relationship between inner and outer reality (in both bodily terms and in relation to notions of inclusion and exclusion), the challenging of accepted categories and designations, and the consequent problematisation of the relationship between Self and Other. Bound up with these issues, of course, are questions of identity and power. |
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