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Représentation du corps féminin dans le roman africain francophone: Les cas de Salimata dans "Les Soleils des Indépendances" d’Ahmadou Kourouma et Perpétue dans "Perpétue et l’habitude du malheur" de Mongo Beti
Get PDFDans la littérature négro-africaine d\u27expression française, la coutume et la croyance en quelques traditions sociales (l\u27excision des filles et l’objectivation de la femme) occupent une place importante. Si la société traditionnelle africaine considère que l’excision ritualisée et le mariage des filles donnent lieu à la vie sexuelle normale et symbolise une transformation radicale de la vie de celles-ci, il faut reconnaître que ces pratiques entraînent, également, de dramatiques et graves conséquences physiques et psychologiques. Cette contribution propose ainsi une analyse des romans Soleils des Indépendances d’Ahmadou Kourouma et Perpétue et l’habitude du malheur de Mongo Beti et des motivations qui ont poussé ces écrivains à faire de l’itinéraire des deux femmes (Salimata et Perpétue) des soubassements de leur poétique. Nous mettrons l\u27accent sur les douloureuses épreuves par lesquelles est obligée de passer une fille africaine pour devenir une femme et prendre contact avec la véritable vie de famille. Mis en position de prendre parti, le lecteur se voit amené à juger insupportable le sort réservé à ces femmes incarnant la force vive et active du monde africain
The Submissive Sex
Get PDFMen hold power over women in almost every aspect of life; this is a historical and cross-cultural fact that becomes exemplified in heterosexual relationships. Males are expected to fulfill the role of provider and ruler while females take order and surrender emotional and physical care. Considering these roles and expectations, the unequal power dynamics within relationships often blur the lines of sexism and domination, often manifesting within sex as the fetishism of control. With a quick glance through Craigslist men seeking women personal ads, we are given a window into some of the fetishes expressed in heterosexual relationships
Représentations de l’étranger dans les récits de voyageurs français du XVIIe siècle
Get PDFLe XVIIe siècle fut celui où les Européens continuaient à découvrir des territoires et des modes de vie nouveaux. En France, ce sont, pour la plupart, des missionnaires qui entreprennent des voyages vers l’étranger, notamment vers l’Est, afin d’y propager le christianisme, mais aussi en poursuivant des buts plus pragmatiques. C’est le cas du jésuite Philippe Avril (1654-1698) cherchant, sur demande de Louis XIV, le moyen d’ouvrir une voie terrestre vers la Chine. D’autres, comme Jean-Baptiste Tavernier (1605-1689), voyageaient dans un but plus prosaïque tel que le commerce. Les carnets de ces voyageurs représentent une source d’informations importantes sur la vision de l’altérité à l’époque. Ces voyageurs aux motivations diverses voyaient-ils l’Autre dans des termes différents ? C’est la question que nous tenterons d’aborder dans cet article en comparant les procédés linguistiques à l’oeuvre dans les descriptions des peuples étrangers dans Les Six Voyages de Jean Baptiste Tavernier, écuyer baron d\u27Aubonne, qu\u27il a fait en Turquie, en Perse, et aux Indes... par Jean-Baptiste Tavernier (1676) et Voyage en divers États d\u27Europe et d\u27Asie entrepris pour découvrir un nouveau chemin à la Chine par Philippe Avril (1692)
Editors\u27 Biographies
No full textCecilia Sessarego, Certified Translator (English/Spanish) by the Canadian Translators, Terminologists and Interpreters Council.Susan Ouriou, Certified Translator (Spanish, French/English) by the Canadian Translators, Terminologists and Interpreters Council
Resistence in the Ghettos
Get PDFThis paper examines the nature and role of resistance in the ghettos during the Holocaust. The goal is to demonstrate that it was common throughout the ghettos, and took many different active and passive forms. The most commonly known forms are the active uprisings of several different ghettos, the most famous of which was in Warsaw, however, there were also other examples such as raids. Passive forms of resistance are less well known, but were integral for the physical and psychological health of the inhabitants. They include examples such as smuggling food, underground hospitals, religious education, and cultural events. By demonstrating the multiple ways in which Jews resisted the Nazis, this paper challenges the idea, held by certain scholars such as Raul Hilberg, that the Jews offered little in the way of resistance, and instead shows the crucial role that even the smallest acts of resistance had on maintaining the health of the inhabitants of the ghettos
“I Wish to be Free of All Things I Am Not and Will Never Be”: Reorientation of Self Through the (re)Framing of (post)Colonial Consciousness in Marie Clements’ The Edward Curtis Project.
Get PDFThe works of Edward Curtis are weighty historical records considered as seminal projects that have been the international communities main representations of Aboriginal cultures and their peoples. However, Curtis\u27 projects, as ethno-anthropological work, limit the avenues of representation afforded to Aboriginal peoples; through attempting to preserve an image of authenticity, Curtis\u27 work entraps and filters the multifaceted compontents of Aboriginal culture(s) into a homogenous static group through a colonial lens. In opposition to these colonial standards, contemporary aboriginal literature attempts to carve a path in which Aboriginal people are represented in their own dynamic cultures and identities; the dramatic work of Marie Clements, The Edward Curtis Project, acts as a direct response to the work of Edward Curtis as it (re)frames and problematizes discourse regarding (re)presentation, (post)colonial conscioussness, and the (re)positioning of subject/object dynamics
State of Mind: History and the Narrative of Nationalism
Get PDFNationalism, the belief in the existence of distinct and enduring connections between an ethnic group, their historical culture, and their homeland, and in the need for such a people to be self-governing, was a significant force behind nineteenth-century historical inquiry. This paper examines the work of two European historians of this era and persuasion in order to investigate the influence this notion had on their scholarship. It explores how these historians wrote about the nation, perceived the role of nationalism in their work, and responded to potential conflicts between historical realities their nationalist ends. Such a study contributes to the debate on the ultimate purpose of history, the relationship between fact and interpretation, and the position of the historian in his or her own historical context