Acknowledgments: On Gratitude
A Technical Note: On Quotes and Translations
Prelude: On the Origins of this Project, or Literary Criticism as Feminist Autoethnographic Work
Introduction: Trans- Forming Family: Queer Kinship and Migration in Contemporary Francophone Literature
Interlude 1: On Maternity, Motherhood, and Mothering
1. Mothering beyond Borders: Transnational Queer Mother and Child in Nina Bouraoui’s Garçon manqué (2000)
2. Queering Motherhood: Bad Mothers and Murderous Nannies in Leïla Slimani’s Chanson douce (2016)
Interlude 2: On Paternity, Fatherhood, and Fathering
3. Estranged from the Father: Estrangement Bonds and the Terrorist Son in Leïla Sebbar’s Mon cher fils (2009)
4. Beginning Again: Transcultural Contact and Fatherhood in Azouz Begag’s Salam Ouessant (2012)
Interlude 3: On Horizontal Familial Bonds and Community
5. Adoption: Choosing Family and Coming of Age in Fouad Laroui’s Une année chez les Français (2010)
6. Brotherhood: Emancipatory Fraternal Bonds in Abdellah Taïa’s Celui qui est digne d’être aimé (2017)
Postlude: On Hindsight and Finales
Notes
Bibliography
Index