Synopsis

Francosphères, which is edited at the University of London Institute in Paris, seeks to define and question the presence of French language and culture across frontiers and borders, as defined by the Franco postcolonial presence, contact with French culture, and the ‘France of the mind’. To this extent, it is a journal of transcultural and intercultural French Studies - about liminal spaces rather than operating within the hierarchy of ‘French’ or ‘Francophone’ culture.

Taking its cue from recent advances in postcolonial and gender theory, it investigates the legitimacy of these issues within France itself as well as in post-colonial territories or territories which have never been under French control. The overall aim is to advance a dialogue about what it means to work in ‘French’ Studies in the 21st Century – this opens up the possibility of Medieval and Early Modern perspectives on the ‘Francosphere’.

Francosphères thus offers an opportunity to reflect critically on ‘concentrations’ of creative and counter-hegemonic endeavours in which the French language, culture or an ‘idea’ of Frenchness have played a determining role, thereby contributing to the development of new critical paradigms for our ‘post-national’ era.

Papers on the following subjects are particularly welcomed, but these are by no means limitatoions:

• The Abolition of ‘French’ Literature?
• French as a trans-national language
• The poetics and the politics of ‘Frenchness’
• The cultural circuits of French as a globalized language
• French as ‘universalist’ dialect
• The multiplicity of ‘Francophonies’ and the fragmentation of French Culture
• The ideologies of ’Francophilia’

Editor: Professor Andrew Hussey, University of London Institute in Paris

Editorial Assistant: Gill Gillespie, University of London Institute in Paris

Book Reviews Editor: Dr Anna-Louise Milne, University of London Institute in Paris

Editorial Board:
Khalid Amine, Abdelmalek Essaadi University 

Emily Apter, NYU

Erika Fischer-Lichte, Free University of Berlin 

Charles Forsdick, University of Liverpool

Allen Hibbard, Middle Tennessee State University 

Deborah Kapchan, NYU 

Christoph Lindner, University of Amsterdam 

Bill Marshall, Institute of Germanic & Romance Studies

Lydie Moudileno, University of Pennsylvania
David Murphy, University of Stirling

Submissions

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2013 rates (for 2 issues):

Online Only Rates:
Institutions £132.00 (EU/ROW) $212.00 (USA & Canada)
Individuals £55.00/$87.00

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Institutions £159.00 (EU/ROW) $254.00 (USA & Canada)
Individuals £65.00/$104.00

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