Violence in Francophone African and Caribbean Women's Literature

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Violence in Francophone African and Caribbean Women's Literature is written by Chantal Kalisa and published by U of Nebraska Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0803226888 (ISBN 10) and 9780803226883 (ISBN 13).

Chantal Kalisa examines the ways in which women writers lift taboos imposed on them by their society and culture and challenge readers with their unique perspectives on violence. Comparing women from different places and times, Kalisa treats types of violence such as colonial, familial, linguistic, and war-related, specifically linked to dictatorship and genocide. She examines Caribbean writers Michele Lacrosil, Simone Schwartz-Bart, Gisèle Pineau, and Edwidge Danticat, and Africans Ken Begul, Calixthe Beyala, Nadine Bar, and Monique Ilboudo. She also includes Sembène Ousmane and Frantz Fanon.