Writing from the Hearth

Writing from the Hearth probes the relationship of gender to space in close readings of texts of Francophone women writers of Africa Aoua KZita, Mariama B, Calixthe Beyala, and Aminata Sow Fall, and the Caribbean Marie Chauvet, Simon Schwarz-Bart, Maryse CondZ, and Edwidge Danticat. It explores the hypothesis that the female protagonist moves toward empowerment by appropriating public space and transforming domestic space into alternative space.Mortimer, Mildred is the author of 'Writing from the Hearth', published 2007 under ISBN 9780739119075 and ISBN 0739119079.