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Too Black to Be French

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Availability:In StockContributor:Isabelle Boni-Claverie, Joshua David Jordan (Translator), Kaiama Glover (Foreword by)Publish date:02/04/25Pages:272
Language:EnglishPublisher:Fordham University PressISBN-13:9781531508081ISBN-10:1531508081UPC:9781531508081Book Category:Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, Performing ArtsBook Subcategory:Race & Ethnic Relations, African American & Black, FilmBook Topic:GenresSize:9.06 x 6.06 x 1.10 inchesWeight:1.1508Product ID:SCFC0DJ20D

Too Black to Be French

Winner, Grand Prize, French Voices Award

In Too Black to Be French, Isabelle Boni-Claverie navigates the complexities of identity, race, and family in a world that constantly questions her belonging. Boni-Claverie's singular account interweaves the extraordinary life experiences of three generations of her family: her grandfather from Ivory Coast, who married a middle-class white woman from...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Fordham University PressISBN-13:9781531508081ISBN-10:1531508081UPC:9781531508081Book Category:Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, Performing ArtsBook Subcategory:Race & Ethnic Relations, African American & Black, FilmBook Topic:GenresSize:9.06 x 6.06 x 1.10 inchesWeight:1.1508Product ID:SCFC0DJ20D
Isabelle Boni-Claverie (Author)
Isabelle Boni-Claverie is a French filmmaker, screenwriter, and author. At eighteen, she won second prize for the Young Francophone Writer Award for her first novel, La Grande D?voreuse. In 2005, Danny Glover asked her to adapt Val?rie Tong Cuong's novel, O? je suis, into the screenplay Heart of Blackness. She has since written numerous television dramas and...
Publisher: Fordham University Press

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