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Les littératures africaines francophones : hétéronomie, normativité esthétique et conditions matérielles

Content Provider	Semantic Scholar
Author	Nyada, Germain
Copyright Year	2014
Abstract	Drawing on the assumption that authorial agency is one of the most relevant issues in our postcolonial context, this essay highlights how francophone writers from Africa use their former childhood in a French colonial context as a mercantilist strategy in the global market of symbolic goods. It also shows how French publishing houses take advantage of the “exotic” pasts of African authors. Writing and publishing therefore appear as intertwined processes using “strategic exotism” and aiming at the marketing of the literary product. In light of two accounts of childhood by Laye Camara and JeanMartin Tchaptchet, I focus not only on the marketing of the domination of African francophone literature vis-à-vis France, but also on the often cherished but sometimes overlooked aspect of childhood in a former French colony. Using Pierre Bourdieu’s field theory, I show that no matter how dependent the above-mentioned authors may be on Paris as a headquarters for transnational publishing in French, the writer is still one of the main actors of the marketing of his “difference,” who creates saleable fiction out of his childhood while striving for national and international recognition. All rights reserved. Dieser Artikel ist urheberrechtlich geschützt. Alle Rechte vorbehalten. Die Weiterverwendung des hier bereitgestellten Artikels ist ohne die ausdrückliche Genehmigung von HeLix (und/oder des Verfassers) nicht gestattet.
Starting Page	69
Ending Page	92
Page Count	24
File Format	PDF HTM / HTML
DOI	10.11588/helix.2013.0.12169
Volume Number	6
Alternate Webpage(s)	https://journals.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/index.php/helix/article/download/12169/6009
Alternate Webpage(s)	https://doi.org/10.11588/helix.2013.0.12169
Language	English
Access Restriction	Open
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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