Charlotte G. Mackay

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Writing Afro-Atlantic Diasporic Consciousness in the Works of Léonora Miano and Fatou Diome

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Produktbeschreibung

This book investigates the literary portrayal of African and Afrodescendant identities in early fictional works by Franco-Cameroonian writer Léonora Miano and Franco-Senegalese writer Fatou Diome. These works are shown to be characterized by changes in diasporic directionality and consciousness that increasingly engage with the Afro-Atlantic space.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publishers
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Februar 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781800797703
• Artikelnr.: 73406949

Autorenporträt

Charlotte G. Mackay is a Lecturer in French and Francophone Studies at Monash University in Australia. She completed her PhD in French and Comparative Literature at The University of Melbourne and Sorbonne Université/Paris-IV in 2021. Her research focuses on contemporary literature written by women writers of Sub-Saharan origin, with a particular focus on Léonora Miano and Fatou Diome. She has published peer reviewed articles and book chapters on both writers and her scholarship is committed to questioning dominant narratives of people, place and power.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Conceptualizing African and Afrodescendant identities in a transnational age: Diasporic consciousness, the Black Atlantic and Afropeanism - Ambivalent Afropea: Navigating marginalization, binaries and hierarchies - Historical consciousness: Connecting the histories of slavery and (neo)colonization - Counter modern consciousness: Questioning modernity and its Eurocentric premises - Feminine consciousness: Reinstating African women in Black Atlantic dialogue.