Paperback / softback | |
January 1, 2002 | |
9780873527934 | |
French | |
English | |
88 | |
8.50 Inches (US) | |
5.50 Inches (US) | |
.62 Pounds (US) | |
$6.95 USD, £5.00 GBP | |
v2.1 Reference | |
Rencontres essentielles, critical edition
An MLA Text Edition
By Thérèse Kuoh-Moukoury Edited by Cheryl Toman
Published in 1969, Recontres essentielles is the first novel by a woman of sub-Saharan francophone Africa. Thérèse Kuoh-Moukoury, of Cameroon, wrote it "to inspire other women to write." Its story of love, infertility, a failed marriage, and adultery looks at both interpersonal connections and national politics from a feminist perspective.
In the introduction the volume editor, Cheryl Toman, provides valuable background with a discussion of African matriarchy, past and present; ethnic groups in Cameroon; interracial relationships; and polygamy as it affects women's roles in the family and their interaction with one another.
In the introduction the volume editor, Cheryl Toman, provides valuable background with a discussion of African matriarchy, past and present; ethnic groups in Cameroon; interracial relationships; and polygamy as it affects women's roles in the family and their interaction with one another.
About the Authors
Thérèse Kuoh-Moukoury (b. 1938) is a novelist, journalist, children's rights lawyer, and activist who is committed to the cause of African women. Currently she divides her time between Paris and Cameroon and is working on her second novel, based on the life of the political martyr Alexandre Douala Manga Bell. Cheryl Toman is associate professor of modern languages and literatures at Case Western Reserve University. She is the author of Contemporary Matriarchies in Cameroonian Francophone Literature and the editor of Defying the Global Language: Perspectives in Ethnic Studies.
Reviews
"This wonderful short novel is an ideal introduction to francophone literature and culture for both undergraduate and graduate students. It is very readable and offers a useful perspective on race and gender in the late colonial period." —Françoise Lionnet, author of Autobiographical Voices and Postcolonial Representations
Modern Language Association | |
MLA Texts and Translations | |
critical edition | |
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Paperback / softback | |
January 1, 2002 | |
9780873527934 | |
French | |
English | |
88 | |
8.50 Inches (US) | |
5.50 Inches (US) | |
.62 Pounds (US) | |
$6.95 USD, £5.00 GBP | |
v2.1 Reference | |
Other Titles by Thérèse Kuoh-Moukoury
Essential Encounters, critical edition
Thérèse Kuoh-Moukoury, translated by Cheryl Toman
Jan 2002
- Modern Language Association
$6.95 USD
- Paperback / softback
Other Titles by Cheryl Toman
Essential Encounters, critical edition
Thérèse Kuoh-Moukoury, translated by Cheryl Toman
Jan 2002
- Modern Language Association
$6.95 USD
- Paperback / softback
Other Titles from MLA Texts and Translations
Humanism, Empire, and Nation, critical edition
edited by Travis Workman, translated by Travis Workman
May 2023
- Modern Language Association
$25.00 USD
- Paperback / softback
Hyumŏnijŭm, cheguk, minjok, critical edition
edited by Travis Workman
May 2023
- Modern Language Association
$25.00 USD
- Paperback / softback
Giambatista Viko; or, The Rape of African Discourse, critical edition
Georges Ngal, edited by David Damrosch, translated by David Damrosch
Mar 2022
- Modern Language Association
$23.00 USD
- Paperback / softback
Other Titles in LITERARY COLLECTIONS / African
Unchained Voices, updated edition
edited by Vincent Carretta
Apr 2013
- University Press of Kentucky
$30.00 USD
- Electronic book text
$30.00 USD
- Electronic book text
$30.00 USD
- Paperback / softback