Kackute, Egle and Averis, Kate and Mao, Catherine
(2019)
Introduction. Crossings in Women’s Writing in the 21st Century / Des traversées dans les écrits de femmes au 21e siècle.
Crossways Journal, 3 (1).
ISSN 2560-6425
Abstract
Since the turn of the
twenty
-
first
century
,
and in the latter part of
its second
decade in particular, women’s writing in French has seen
an increasing focus
on
mobility, that is to say “
works of fiction which are affected and shaped by
migratory flows” (Dagnino 2015, 145). Since t
he trope
of the
crossing is at the
heart of all
literat
ures of mobility, this special issue explores emerging trends
of
representing the many dimensions of
the
crossings
in contemporary women’s
writing in French
that are
both physical and
conceptual
,
focusing on
ways in
which
recent
women’s writing in French
crosses
–
or struggles to cross
–
formal,
spatial, national, cultural, linguistic, racial and gender boundaries
in texts
produced in or between the African, Asian, American and European continent
s.
Featuring
bilingual and translingual works,
and
works infused by the
multilingual, transcultural heritage of their authors,
these articles
identify
the
textual and artistic practices resulting
from crossings
between languages (
in
trans
lingual texts), cultures (
in texts that breach cultural frontiers
), and
media
(
in
both
textual
and
visual
genres
,
including
prose, poetry, photography and
bande
dessinée
).
| Item Type: |
Article
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| Keywords: |
women's writing in French; mobility; migration; crossing boundaries; transcultural writing; |
| Academic Unit: |
Faculty of Arts,Celtic Studies and Philosophy > School of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures > French |
| Item ID: |
11070 |
| Depositing User: |
Egle Kackute
|
| Date Deposited: |
23 Sep 2019 13:28 |
| Journal or Publication Title: |
Crossways Journal |
| Publisher: |
Guelph Ontario |
| Refereed: |
Yes |
| URI: |
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| Use Licence: |
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