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Diversity and Decolonization in French Studies

New Approaches to Teaching

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Editors:
  1. Siham Bouamer

    1. Department of Romance and Arabic Languages and Literatures, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, USA

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  2. Loïc Bourdeau

    1. Department of Modern Languages, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, USA

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  • Presents new and inclusive approaches to French-teaching pedagogy
  • Centers diversity, decolonization, and inclusion in the French foreign-language curriculum
  • Includes new and innovative teaching strategies that go beyond the textbook such as using social media

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxi
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  2. Introduction: Toward Diversity and Decolonization

    • Siham Bouamer, Loïc Bourdeau
    Pages 1-14

  3. Dismantling the ‘Francophonie’: Language, Race, and Empire

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 15-15
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    2. Multilingual Texts and Contexts: Inclusive Pedagogies in the French Foreign Language Classroom

      • Cecilia Benaglia, Maya Angela Smith
      Pages 17-32

    3. Unlearning Francophonie: Legacies of Colonialism in French Grammar Textbooks

      • Madeline Bedecarré
      Pages 33-50

    4. Racism, Colonialism, and the Limits of Diversity: The Racialized “Other” in French Foreign Language Textbooks

      • Julia D. Spiegelman
      Pages 51-64

    5. Making the Colonial Present Audible to Our Students and Ourselves

      • Kristen Stern
      Pages 65-75

    6. Blackness and Social Justice in the French Classroom

      • Marda Messay
      Pages 77-91

    7. Honoring Native American Voices in the Francophone Studies Classroom: Restoring Oral Testimonies to Their Rightful Place in the Story of the Early Modern Americas

      • Charlotte Daniels, Katherine Dauge-Roth
      Pages 93-114
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About this book

This edited volume presents new and original approaches to teaching the French foreign-language curriculum, reconceptualizing the French classroom through a more inclusive lens. The volume engages with a broad range of scholars to facilitate an understanding of the process of French (de)colonization as well as its reverberations into the postcolonial era, and a deeper engagement with the global interconnectedness of these processes. Chapters in Part I revist the concept of the "francophonie," decenter the field from “metropolitan” or “hexagonal” and white France and underline how current teaching materials reproduce epistemic and colonial violence. Part II adopts an intersectional approach to address topics of gender inclusivity, trans-affirming teaching, queer materials, and ableism. Finally, Part III presents new ways to transform the discipline by affirming our commitment to social justice andmaking sure that our classrooms are representative of our students’ enriching diversity. 

Reviews

“Diversity and Decolonization in French Studies serves as a hands-on guide for educators, providing tools and strategies to transform pedagogies. ... it remains an indispensable compendium for those looking to transform their teaching approaches in line with diversity principles.” (Eric Essono Tsimi, Language Policy, November 9, 2023)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Romance and Arabic Languages and Literatures, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, USA

    Siham Bouamer

  • Department of Modern Languages, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, USA

    Loïc Bourdeau

About the editors

Siham Bouamer is Assistant Professor of French at Sam Houston State University, USA. Her research focuses on transnational movements from and to the Maghreb in twentieth and twenty-first-century film and literature and pedagogy in textbooks. 


Loïc Bourdeau is Associate Professor of French and Francophone Studies at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, USA. His research lies in twentieth and twenty-first-century French and Quebec literature and cinema, with special theoretical interests in feminist and queer studies. 

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Diversity and Decolonization in French Studies

  • Book Subtitle: New Approaches to Teaching

  • Editors: Siham Bouamer, Loïc Bourdeau

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-95357-7

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-95356-0Published: 05 April 2022

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-95359-1Published: 06 April 2023

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-95357-7Published: 04 April 2022

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXI, 267

  • Topics: Language Education, Curriculum Studies, Applied Linguistics, Romance Languages, Queer Studies, Cultural Studies

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