SexViolHist Bib: Representations: Literary Texts: Maryse Condé

»Maryse Condé (née Marise Liliane Appoline Boucolon; 11 February 1934 – 2 April 2024) was a French novelist, critic, and playwright from the French Overseas department and region of Guadeloupe. She was also an academic, whose teaching career took her to West Africa and North America, as well as the Caribbean and Europe. As a writer, Condé is best known for her novel Ségou (1984–1985).« -- More information: Wikipedia

Desirada

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I. Chronological Index: Modern History: 20^th Century | II. Geographical Index: European History: French History | III. Topical Index: Types: General: Rape

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[Info] Tindira, Jessica. »Burdens of Secrecy: Children of Rape in Desirada by Maryse Condé.« 51^st Annual Convention of the Northeast Modern Language Association. Boston 2020.

I, Tituba: Black Witch of Salem

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»I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem (French: Moi, Tituba, Sorcière... Noire de Salem) is a French novel by Maryse Condé published in 1986. It won the French Grand Prix award for women's literature. (...)
In the novel Tituba is biracial, born on Barbados to a young enslaved African woman who was raped by an English sailor. Tituba's mother is hanged after defending herself from the sexual advances of her white enslaver. Tituba is run off the plantation and becomes a maroon, having no enslaver, but not able to connect to society. She grows up living with an old spiritual herbalist named Mama Yaya, and learning about traditional healing methods. She falls in love and marries an enslaved man, John Indian, willing to return to slavery on his behalf. « -- More information: Wikipedia

K e y w o r d s

I. Chronological Index: Modern History: 19^th Century, 20^th Century | II. Geographical Index: American History: U.S. History, European History: French History | III. Topical Index: Types: General: Rape

B i b l i o g r a p h y

I. Author Index

II. Speaker Index

[Info] Ohmer, Sarah. »Raped of their Motherhood? Decolonizing Trauma Studies with Morrison’s Beloved, Condé’s Tituba, and Evaristo’s Ponciá Vicencio.« Annual Meeting of the American Comparative Literature Association. New Orleans 2010.