Marianne Bessy, Ph.D. (Louisiana State University, 2008) is Associate Professor of French at Furman University. Her research interests include self-translation, literary bilingualism, the Haitian diaspora, and contemporary literatures in French. Her book Vassilis Alexakis: Exorciser lâexil was published in 2011 (Rodopi).
Carole Salmon, Ph.D. (Louisiana State University, 2007) is Associate Professor of French Studies at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. Her research focuses on Francophone communities in America and film studies. She coedited a volume on Pedro Almodóvar (2012).
This volume targets anyone interested in the broad field of Francophone cultural studies. It will be of particular interest to students and scholars interested in film studies, migration studies, and postcolonial studies.