Women writing in contemporary France

Index 261
masochism, sadomasochism 16, 93, 207, 210,
214–17
matricide 55, 59, 76n.4
melancholia 18, 26n.38, 53–64
memory 9, 19, 29, 66, 72, 79, 80, 98, 119, 123,
147, 187, 195, 200–1, 225
and dreams 29–30
and identity 42–52
narrative 33–4
traumatic 30, 33–4, 36, 40n.6, 67
Millet, Catherine 6, 15, 23n.9
mother(s) 7, 11, 12, 18, 87, 110, 116n.6, 142, 179,
196, 207–19 passim, 225n.2
dead 53–9 passim, 114, 185, 212
mothering 125–6, 127
separation from the 56, 218
vampiric 53, 56–60
mother–daughter relationship 56, 59, 65–76,
87, 140n.13, 147–52, 201, 207–19 passim,
224–5
mother–son relationship 197, 199
mourning 18, 26n.38, 29–35 passim, 39, 54–63
passim, 71–6 passim, 222
see also Klein, Melanie
narration 9, 121, 175
narrative(s) 10, 12, 14, 17, 22n.3, 61, 63, 86, 108,
123, 130, 132, 138, 139n.2, 158, 177, 184,
186, 188, 202, 210
artist 157, 158, 169n.1
‘beur’ 130, 132, 138
and dream(s) 29–41
first-person 9, 30, 58, 59–62, 121, 131, 132,
149, 175–6
and gender 118–29
memory 33–4
point of view 185, 186, 187, 191
third-person 9, 60, 61, 121, 175–6, 191,
210–11
voice(s) 9, 60, 61, 62, 131
NDiaye, Marie 23n.11, 51
Nini, Soraya 130–4 passim, 224, 242
Ils disent que je suis une beurette 131–40
passim, 242
Nobécourt, Lorette 1, 93
Nothomb, Amélie 23n.11
nouveau roman 3, 12, 146
orientalism 3, 4
other, the 4, 10–17 passim, 61, 76n.9, 102, 106,
108, 111, 133, 138, 143, 158–69 passim,
195, 196, 198, 202, 208
missing/absent 143, 147–9
otherness 3, 4, 5, 6, 38, 131
see also self, and other(s); self, as other;
self–other relation(s)
pain 16, 20, 21, 29, 61, 72–3, 74, 88, 99, 100,
101, 178–9, 211, 212
painting(s) 4, 43, 46, 113, 116n.8, 116n.9, 192,
197, 203, 204, 206n.13
parenting 125–7
phantasy, phantasies 31–2, 34, 71, 76n.6
Phillips, Anita 16, 25n.29, 217–18
photography 45, 76n.7, 162, 163, 169, 203
pornography, pornographic 15, 197, 200, 202,
208
post-colonial(ism) 9, 10, 131, 138, 178, 220, 224
psychoanalysis, psychoanalytic(al) 6, 16, 19,
24n.20, 25n.30, 31, 38, 54, 59, 60, 61, 116,
174, 210, 218, 219, 220
see also Chodorow, Nancy J.; Freud,
Sigmund; Klein, Melanie; Kristeva, Julia;
Lacan, Jacques
reader(s) 3, 4, 6, 7, 17–18, 60, 63, 102–3, 115,
121, 124, 125, 128, 132, 137, 139n.7, 150,
172–80 passim, 183–4, 185, 186, 190, 207,
208, 219, 224
reading 18, 25n.22, 102, 120, 122, 129n.7, 175,
176, 224
Redonnet, Marie 1, 12, 22n.3, 42–52, 225,
243–5
Candy story 42, 45–6, 48–50, 243
Doublures 42, 43, 44, 243
Fort Gambo 45, 243
L’Accord de paix 47, 51n.2, 243
Le Cirque Pandor 45, 243
Nevermore 42, 44, 47, 243
Rose Mélie Rose 42–52 passim, 243, 244, 245
Seaside 45, 52n.17, 243
Silsie 49–50, 243, 244
Splendid Hôtel 44, 243, 244, 245
Villa Rosa 42–7 passim, 243
representation(s) 13, 19, 21, 31, 34, 40, 82, 94,
113, 114, 119, 122, 125, 136, 140n.11, 169,
189, 201, 202, 208
objects of 8, 223
self-representation 138, 225
self-representational aesthetics 171, 174
Rochefort, Christiane 23n.11
Sade, Donatien Alphonse François, Marquis
de 219, 220
Sallenave, Danièle 23n.11
Sarraute, Nathalie 3, 9, 149, 153n.13
Sartre, Jean-Paul 2, 7, 187–8, 194n.16, 196,
205n.3
Sebbar, Leïla 1, 6, 12, 195–206, 224, 225, 245–9
J.H. cherche âme sœur 197–9, 200, 246
La Seine était rouge 195, 247
Le Chinois vert d’Afrique 197–205 passim,
245