La contrainte à l’hétérosexualité et autres essais by Adrienne Rich

The volumes in the series will participate in the wider debate on key aspects of contemporary culture. All manifestations of contemporary French and francophone culture and expression are considered, including literature, cinema, popular culture, theory.

The books published in Contemporary French and Francophone Cultures reflect a wide variety of critical practices and theoretical approaches, in harmony with the intellectual, cultural and social developments which have taken place over the past few decades. HIGGINS Dartmouth College DEREK SCHILLING Johns Hopkins University This series aims to provide a forum for new research on modern and contemporary French and francophone cultures and writing.

Table of contents : Cover Contents Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1: Problematising a ‘universal' female bodily experience: The second-wave feminists and their critics Chapter 2: Violence, trauma, and medicalisation: The female fertility cycle in women's writing from France Chapter 3: Islam, politics, and education: Framing the female fertility cycle through an Algerian perspective Chapter 4: Multiculturalism and the legacy of colonialism: The female fertility cycle in Mauritian women's writing Conclusion Bibliography Index Citation previewįrom Menstruation to the Menopause The Female Fertility Cycle in Contemporary Women’s Writing in French Contemporary French and Francophone Cultures, 77 Contemporary French and Francophone Cultures Series Editor CHARLES FORSDICK University of Liverpool Editorial Board TOM CONLEY Harvard University JACQUELINE DUTTON University of Melbourne MIREILLE ROSELLO University of Amsterdam LYNN A.

La contrainte à l’hétérosexualité et autres essais by Adrienne Rich