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Author:   Jocelyn Frelier
Publisher:   University of Nebraska Press
Imprint:   University of Nebraska Press
ISBN:  

9781496225092

ISBN 10:   1496225090
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   01 November 2022
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments: On Gratitude A Technical Note: On Quotes and Translations Prelude: On the Origins of this Project, or Literary Criticism as Feminist Autoethnographic Work Introduction: Trans- Forming Family: Queer Kinship and Migration in Contemporary Francophone Literature Interlude 1: On Maternity, Motherhood, and Mothering 1. Mothering beyond Borders: Transnational Queer Mother and Child in Nina Bouraoui’s Garçon manqué (2000) 2. Queering Motherhood: Bad Mothers and Murderous Nannies in Leïla Slimani’s Chanson douce (2016) Interlude 2: On Paternity, Fatherhood, and Fathering 3. Estranged from the Father: Estrangement Bonds and the Terrorist Son in Leïla Sebbar’s Mon cher fils (2009) 4. Beginning Again: Transcultural Contact and Fatherhood in Azouz Begag’s Salam Ouessant (2012) Interlude 3: On Horizontal Familial Bonds and Community 5. Adoption: Choosing Family and Coming of Age in Fouad Laroui’s Une année chez les Français (2010) 6. Brotherhood: Emancipatory Fraternal Bonds in Abdellah Taïa’s Celui qui est digne d’être aimé (2017) Postlude: On Hindsight and Finales Notes Bibliography Index  

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Frelier steeps us in transnational, transcultural, and transdiasporic family formations with rigor and vulnerability-qualities that together provide a deep immersion in texts and lives. The book takes up 'family' not as a vehicle to somewhere else, but as a subject worthy of our attention for its own sake. Reaching across disciplinary chasms, it holds something for every reader seeking to understand families as they are. -Amy Brainer, author of Queer Kinship and Family Change in Taiwan An important contribution to French and francophone studies. . . . Given the evolution of family structure and its ever-growing transnational nature, this book is a welcome intervention in our field and beyond. Jocelyn Frelier sheds new light on important works and authors. -Loic Bourdeau, editor of Horrible Mothers: Representations across Francophone North America

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Jocelyn Frelier is the Program Manager, Rising Voices at Vital Voices Global Partnership.

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