Description: Writing from the Hearth probes the relationship of gender to space in close readings of texts of Francophone women writers of Africa: Aoua Kéita, Mariama Bâ, Calixthe Beyala, and Aminata Sow Fall, and the Caribbean: Marie Chauvet, Simon Schwarz-Bart, Maryse Condé, and Edwidge ...
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"The breadth and depth of this work's theoretical foundation makes it a must read for scholars across a wide array of disciplines. Its importance also lies in the richness and diversity of the chosen texts and is underscored by the quality of Mortimer's close textual readings. Finally, it is her insightful and adept crossing of the boundaries that continue to divide scholars and scholarship of francophone literature today that makes it a journey worth taking." --Research in African Literatures
"Mortimer intriguingly juxtaposes women's narratives (fiction, memoir and other genres) from Africa and the Caribbean. Writing from the Hearth will stir thought by scholars in a wide range of fields. No one before has put together Conde's Tituba and Keita's Femme d'Afrique." --Susan Andrade, University of Pittsburgh "An important contribution to feminist discourse....Recommended" --., Choice Reviews