No. 8: FEMMES ARTISTES

The eighth issue of HYBRIDA is especially rich and varied. The central dossier, entitled 'FEMMES ARTISTES', was coordinated by Claudia Pena López of the University of Valladolid (Spain), whose introduction bears witness to her commitment and expertise. It is made up of four profusely illustrated research articles from Spain and the Congo that attempt to recover and make visible the figures and works of two women artists whom history has unjustly forgotten: the painter Lita Besnard and the sculptor Camille Claudel. The theories and writings of Monique Wittig are also highlighted in another highly evocative article. A study of the presence of women artists in the novels of Congolese writer Henri Lopes completes the panorama. In the Mosaic section, we are publishing two articles from France and Morocco. The first looks at the work of Argentinian author José Sbarra in dialogue with the thinking of Virginie Despentes, and the second offers an empirical study of dyslexia in Moroccan children. In the Traces section, we are publishing four particularly interesting texts: an interview with the prestigious Quebec playwright Carole Fréchette, an autofictional account of the invisibility of women artists and the violence to which they are subjected, a 'short story' paying tribute to the unjustly forgotten writer Henriette Valet, and a micro-story of creation full of mystery. Happy reading!