1st Edition
Afropean Female Selves Migration and Language in the Life Writing of Fatou Diome and Igiaba Scego
Introduction
Chapter One: Life Writing and Writing Lives
Chapter Two: Afropean Homes: Representations of Belonging
Chapter Three: Gender and Migration: Opportunities for Afropean Experience
Chapter Four: Language and Afropean Identity
Chapter Five: Writing and Engagement
Conclusion: Afropean Languages and Locales
Biography
Christopher Hogarth is a Senior Lecturer in Comparative Literature at the University of South Australia, Adelaide. He received his PhD in French and Italian from Northwestern University. He has published especially on the intersection of literature from France, Italy and Senegal. He is a prolific editor of eight volumes and issues of journals such as L’Esprit Créateur, a/b Auto/Biography Studies and French Cultural Studies. He is currently a joint Chief Investigator on an Australian Research Council-funded Discovery Project entitled "Transnational Selves. French Narratives of Migration to Australia."
