Subject Guides
FREN381C: Food in Francophone Literature
Voodoo priest in front of his meal
Slide from the Bryant Slides Collection Circa 1940-1981 via the Digital LIbrary of the Caribbean http://www.dloc.com
Research for Oral Presentations
- FIAF International Index to Film PeriodicalsIndexes over 500,000 articles from academic and popular film journals. Also includes the International Index to TV Periodicals, Treasures from the Film Archives, silent film holdings archives and International Directory of Film/TV Documentation Collections.
- MLA International Bibliography with Full TextSubjects covered include literature, language and linguistics, folklore, literary theory & criticism, and dramatic arts. Citations of journal articles, books and dissertations are included.
- Literature Resource CenterAccess biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of authors from every age and literary discipline.Includes fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, history, and journalism.
- World Constitutions Illustrated via Hein OnlineWorld Constitutions Illustrated contains thousands of contemporary and historical documents, as well as many features to enable users to browse and search across the constitutional law of more than 190 countries. This database enables scholars to research constitutional and political developments of the nations of our world by providing access to all types of historic and current constitutional documents, monographs and periodicals. This collection contains the current constitution of every country in the world in its original language. Browse the database either by selecting a country from the drop-down box or
selecting the World Constitutions to view a complete list of every country in the world. - Nouvelles Etudes FrancophonesNEF publishes scholarly research in the language, arts, literatures, cultures, and civilizations of Francophone countries and regions throughout the world.
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHIES AND CRITICISM
Relevant Print Books
Caribbean Food Cultures by Call Number: Bartle Library Stacks GT2853.C27 C37 2014ISBN: 9783837626926Publication Date: 2014-11-18Caribbean Food Cultures approaches the matter of food from the perspective of anthropology, sociology, and cultural and literary studies. Contributors discuss culinary aesthetics and neo/colonial gazes on the Caribbean in literary documents, audiovisual media, and popular images. They investigate the negotiation of communities and identity through the preparation, consumption, and commodification of "authentic" food. They also emphasize underlying socioeconomic power relations in the wake of migration and transnationalism. Contributions include essays by renowned scholars Rita De Maeseneer and Fabio Parasecoli.
- Hunger and irony in the French Caribbean [electronic resource] : literature, theory, and public life / Nicole Simek. New York : Palgrave Macmillan US, [2016].
Through a series of case studies spanning the bounds of literature, photography, essay, and manifesto, this book examines the ways in which literary texts do theoretical, ethical, and political work. Nicole Simek approaches the relationship between literature, theory, and public life through a specific site, the French Antillean islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique, and focuses on two mutually elucidating terms: hunger and irony.
Encyclopedia of Latin American and Caribbean Literature, 1900-2003 by Call Number: Bartle Library Reference PQ7081.A1 E558 2004ISBN: 0415306868Publication Date: 2004-03-25The Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century Latin American and Caribbean Literature, 1900-2003 draws together entries on all aspects of literature including authors, critics, major works, magazines, genres, schools and movements in these regions from the beginning of the twentieth century to the present day. With more than 200 entries written by a team of international contributors, this Encyclopediasuccessfully covers the popular to the esoteric. The Encyclopedia is an invaluable reference resource for those studying Latin American and/or Caribbean literature as well as being of huge interest to those folowing Spanish or Portuguese language courses.Garlic, Mint, and Sweet Basil by
ISBN: 9781609451155Publication Date: 2013-05-07Available for the first time in English in Howard Curtis's brilliant translation this collection of personal essays shows Izzo at his most contemplative and insightful. He writes beautifully about the city he loved, the sea to which he belonged, and the literary movement that made him famous. A must-read for all lovers of Izzo's Marseilles Trilogy.
La Cheffe, roman d’une cuisinière : roman by Call Number: Bartle Library Stacks PQ2674.D53 C46 2016ISBN: 2070116239Publication Date: 2016Le narrateur relate la vie de la cheffe, une cuisinière installée à Bordeaux dont il fut l'assistant. Il raconte son enfance dans une famille d'ouvriers agricoles, l'ouverture de son restaurant, son adolescence, ses premières expériences culinaires, ses employeurs et la déroute de son établissement suite à l'application de règles absurdes par sa fille après son école de commerce.
L’Imaginaire des nourritures by Call Number: Bartle Library Stacks GT2855 .I53 1989Publication Date: Grenoble : Presses universitaire de Grenoble, 1989.
Films
- Undiscovered Haiti with Jose AndresJoin world-renowned chef Jose Andres on an exploration of the most unknown – and some say, the most beautiful – country in the Caribbean. As a chef and humanitarian, Jose is convinced we can change the world through the power of food, and understand a culture by exploring what, when and how its people eat. He dives deep into Haiti’s natural beauty, taking you to ancient waterfalls and untouched coastlines.
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French, Spanish and Italian
Relevant Links
- Digital Library of the Caribbean
The Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC) is a cooperative digital library for resources from and about the Caribbean and circum-Caribbean. dLOC provides access to digitized versions of Caribbean cultural, historical and research materials currently held in archives, libraries, and private collections. - Cuizine: The Journal of Canadian Food CulturesRevue des cultures culinaires au Canada alimente les échanges intellectuels autour des cuisines multi-culturelles au Canada. L’alimentation est au coeur de l’identité et de la culture des communautés.
- Ile-en-IleÎle en île contient une riche documentation littéraire, présentant des centaines d'auteurs francophones des îles et de leur diaspora avec des dossiers approfondis : photos, biographies, bibliographies, entretiens et extraits de textes, souvent lus.
