GESTURING TO AN EMPTY THEATRE? Author, Text and Audience in the Fiction of Fatou Diome and Aïssatou Diamanka‐Besland

Author(s)

  • Rosia Beer

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18352/relief.657

Keywords:

Senegal, migration, Francophone writing, women

Abstract

Fatou Diome and Aïssatou Diamanka‐Besland are Senegalese women migrant novelists who have addressed the theme of irregular migration between Senegal and France in their literature. The authors, who live in France, write within the context of increased irregular migration and its associated dangers. They also write during a time of increased, and often hyperbolic, public and official discourses surrounding the extent of irregular migration. The authors’ treatment of the theme of migration raises questions concerning the relationship between the Senegalese novelist, her text and her audience. It also raises questions regarding the unique and complex positioning of the migrant writer.

Author Biography

  • Rosia Beer
    Rosia Beer recently graduated with an MSc in African Studies at the University of Edinburgh. Her thesis focused on Senegalese women migrant writers’ treatment of the topic of irregular migration between Senegal and France. She is currently preparing a PhD proposal in African Studies.

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Published

2011-11-10

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 1 (2011): African women writers

Section

Articles - thematic dossier

License

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How to Cite

“GESTURING TO AN EMPTY THEATRE? Author, Text and Audience in the Fiction of Fatou Diome and Aïssatou Diamanka‐Besland” (2011) RELIEF - REVUE ÉLECTRONIQUE DE LITTÉRATURE FRANÇAISE, 5(1), pp. 44–61. doi:10.18352/relief.657.