French Literature Reviews - 2026

B. Ekome Ossouma, Le Corps des Africaines décrit par des romancières africaines
Francophone and Oral Literatures

Bernard Ekome Ossouma, Le Corps des Africaines décrit par des romancières africaines

Paris: L'Harmattan, coll. "Femmes africaines", 2012.

224 p.

EAN 9782296967007

22.00 EUR

Publisher's overview:

Through a diverse corpus representing various spaces within African literary history and geography, the author explores the fictional destiny of the subject under study: the female body.

The representation of the body has long held a central place in postcolonial criticism and African literary studies, intersecting with questions of identity, gender, and power. Scholars examining women's writing from the continent often investigate how bodily experiences, social inscriptions, and physical autonomy are articulated across different regions and generations. Bernard Ekome Ossouma contributes to this ongoing critical dialogue by exploring the fictional destiny of the subject under study: the female body, through a diverse corpus representing various spaces within African literary history and geography.

Readers interested in feminist literary criticism, postcolonial studies, and contemporary African literature may find this volume relevant. While the page provides limited bibliographic details, academic inquiries into the poetics and politics of the body in modern literature remain central to understanding the broader context of these scholarly works.

An online article by Bernard Ekome Ossouma, "Laideur et rire carnavalesque dans le nouveau roman africain": http://www.politique-africaine.com/numeros/pdf/060117.pdf