245 10 |a Fictions of race in contemporary French literature : |b French writers, White writing / |c Etienne Achille & Oana Panaite.

505 0_ |a Cover -- Fictions of Race in Contemporary French Literature: French Writers, White Writing -- Copyright -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Contents -- Introduction: French Literature and the Unquestioned White Writer -- 1: The Universal Invisibility of the French White Writer: Il faut beaucoup aimer les hommes by Marie Darrieussecq -- 2: Colonial Detail and Textual (Dys)Function: Au revoir la

520 8_ |a "Contemporary French writers have embarked on various quests for new sources of thematic and formal inspiration which are increasingly tied to issues of postcolonial legacies. However, French literature has never been consistently examined through the lens of race, ethnicity, and its relation to (post)coloniality. 'Fictions of Race in Contemporary French Literature' is the first scholarly study to engage with the figure of the White writer and explore the White literary gaze in contemporary France. The book highlights the inherent postcoloniality of White Hexagonal literature in a context marked by institutionalized colour-blindness, and offers a reflection on responsible writing in and about postcolonial France."--Publisher.