Enduring Negativity - Representations of Albinism in the Novels of Didier Destremau, Patrick Grainville and Williams Sassine (Paperback, New edition)

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.

General

Imprint:	Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Modern French Identities, 96
Release date:	March 2011
First published:	2011
Authors:	Charlotte Baker
Dimensions:	227 x 150 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	218
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-430179-4
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literary & linguistic reference works > General Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > From 1900
LSN:	3-03-430179-0
Barcode:	9783034301794

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