Book Reviews

Shifting Frontiers of France and Francophonie, Yvette Rocheron and C. Rolfe (eds) (2004) Oxford: Peter Lang, 347 pp., ISBN 3-906768-31-7 (pbk), 57.10 40.00

Frantz Fanon: A Portrait, Alice Cherki (2006) Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 255 pp., ISBN 978-0-8014-7308-1 (pbk), 24.95

Francophone Women Film Directors, Janis L. Pallister and Ruth A. Hottell (2005) Madison: Farleigh Dickinson University Press, 292 pp, ISBN 0-8386-4046-X (hbk), 40.50

Dark Side of the Light: Slavery and the French Enlightenment, Louis Sala-Molins, Translated and with an Introduction by John Conteh-Morgan (2006) Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, xxxvi + 176 pp., ISBN 0-8166-4389-X, (pbk), 19.50

Mdias et milieux francophones, Michel Beauchamp and Thierry Watine (eds) (2006) Qubec: Les Presses de l'Universit Laval, 300 pp., ISBN 2-7637-8363-5 (pbk), CAN 40

Les Ngres, Maurice Delafosse (2005 [originally published 1927]) Paris: L'Harmattan, 77 pp., ISBN 2-7475-9375-4 (pbk), 12.20

Where Are the Voices Coming From? Canadian Culture and the Legacies of History, Carol Ann Howells (ed.) (2004) New York: Rodopi, 266 pp., ISBN 90-420-1623-X (hbk), 60 US81

Patrick Chamoiseau: Espaces d'une criture antillaise, Lorna Milne (2006) Amsterdam/New York: Rodopi, 226 pp., ISBN 90-420-2021-0 (pbk), 46

Reinterpreting the Haitian Revolution and its Cultural Aftershocks, Martin Munro and Elizabeth Walcott-Hackshaw (eds) (2006) Jamaica/Barbados/Trinidad and Tobago: University of the West Indies Press, 192 pp., ISBN 976-640-190-X (pbk), 30

After the Deluge: New Perspectives on the Intellectual and Cultural History of Postwar France, Julian Bourg (ed.) (2004) Lanham, Maryland, USA: Lexington Books, 426 pp, 1SBN 1-800-462-6420, hardback, 90

Eastern Voyages, Western Visions, French Writing and Painting of the Orient, Margaret Topping (ed.) (2004) Bern: Peter Lang, 395 pp., ISBN 978-3-03910-183-2 (pbk), 61.40 43.00

The Land without Shadows, Abdourahman A. Waberi (1994). Translated by Jeanne Garane, with a foreword by Nuruddin Farah (2005) Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 128 pp., ISBN 0-8139-2507-X (hbk), 45

Assia Djebar: In Dialogue with Feminisms, Priscilla Ringrose (2006) Amsterdam and New York: Rodopi, 268 pp., ISBN 90-420-1739-2 (hbk), US73

Contemporary French Cultures and Societies, Frdric Royall (ed.) (2004) Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, 421 pp. ISBN 978-3-03910-074-3 (pbk), 31.40 22.00

La Francophonie une introduction critique, John Kristian Sanaker, Karin Holter and Ingse Skattum (2006) Oslo: Unipub forlag/Oslo Academic Press, 277 pp., ISBN 82-7477-220-2 (pbk), 30

Remnants of Empire in Algeria and Vietnam: Women, Words and War, Pamela A. Pears (2004) Lanham: Lexington Books, 163 pp., ISBN 0-7391-0831-X (hbk), 58.99

The Child in French and Francophone Literature, Buford Norman (ed.) (2004) Amsterdam and New York: Rodopi, 208 pp., ISBN 90-420-1159-9 (pbk), 50/US68

Vocabulaire des tudes francophones: Les concepts de base, Michel Beniamino and Lise Gauvin (eds) (2005) Limoges Presses universitaires des Limoges, 210 pp., ISBN 2-84287-364-5 (pbk), 20

Voyage of Hope. Vietnamese Australian Women's Narratives, Nathalie Huynh Chau Nguyen (2005) Victoria, Australia: Common Ground, 207 pp., ISBN 186335591-X (pbk), US28.65, 21.29

Sex, Sailors and Colonies: Narratives of ambiguity in the works of Pierre Loti, Hlne de Burgh (2005) Bern, Berlin, Brussels, Frankfurt, New York, Oxford and Vienna: Peter Lang, 322 pp., ISBN 3-03910-601-5 (pbk), 37.90

L'tonnante aventure de la mission Barsac, Jules Verne (2005) Paris: L'Harmattan, 214 pp. and 229 pp., ISBN 2-7475-9602-8 and 2-7475-9603-6 (pbk), 19 and 20

Les jeunes marocains et leurs langues, Jan Jaap de Ruiter (2006) Paris: L'Harmattan, 304 pp., ISBN 2-296-01329-5 (pbk), 25.50

L'Art Franais et Francophone depuis 1980. Contemporary French and Francophone Art, Michael Bishop and Christopher Elson (eds) (2005) Amsterdam and New York: Rodopi, 238 pp., ISBN 90-420-1657-4 (pbk), 48