{"id":190,"date":"2015-08-31T11:25:14","date_gmt":"2015-08-31T15:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/profile\/mary-t-rice-defosse\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T12:08:35","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T17:08:35","slug":"mary-t-rice-defosse","status":"publish","type":"faculty-profile","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/profile\/mary-t-rice-defosse\/","title":{"rendered":"Mary T. Rice-DeFosse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Mary Rice-DeFosse, Ph.D Yale University<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mary Rice-DeFosse specializes in French literature of the nineteenth-century, in particular women\u2019s writing (she has published on George Sand, Flora Tristan, Louise Colet, Marceline Desbordes-Valmore and Marie d\u2019Agoult) as well as representations of revolution and social change in the long nineteenth century (Sand, Flaubert, Hugo, Nodier). She is past President of Women in French and the George Sand Associations and serves on the editorial boards of <em>Women in French Studies<\/em> and <em>George Sand Studies. <\/em>She has also developed a community-based research program, studying the history and culture of Franco-Americans, Maine\u2019s largest ethnic group. She is the co-author of <em>The Franco-Americans of Lewiston Auburn <\/em>(The History Press, 2015) as well as a documentary on the Grey Nuns of Lewiston produced in collaboration with the Franco Center. She has also participated in exhibits in this field in conjunction with the Franco-American Collection of the University of Southern Maine. She is a board member of the Franco American Collections Consortium that has produced the online resource the Franco American Digital Archive\/Le Portail franco-am\u00e9rican. She was a Fellow in the Mellon Faculty Leadership Program in 2022-23 and was named <em>Chevalier dans l\u2019Ordre des Palmes Acad\u00e9miques<\/em> by the French government in 2020.<\/p>\n<h3>Teaching (Course Selection)<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>AC\/Fre240I \u201cFrench in Maine\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Fre374 \u201c\u00c9crire la R\u00e9volution: French Literature in the Nineteenth Century\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Fre376 \u201cWriting Gender in French\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Fre378 \u201cVoix Francophone des Antilles\u201d<\/li>\n<li>FreS24: \u201cCooking Up French Culture\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Recent Theses and Oral History Projects Directed<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>2022-23<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Salamata Barry\u00a0 S\u00e9n\u00e9gal: Qui sont les enfants de la rue?<\/li>\n<li>Martha Coleman <em>Le francais et les Franco(phone)s :<\/em>An exploration of the evolving significance of French in Maine<\/li>\n<li>Jessica Kissi La perception et repr\u00e9sentation du SIDA en Afrique de l&#8217;Ouest au d\u00e9but des ann\u00e9es 2000<\/li>\n<li>Katia Ryan Ce qui se d\u00e9couvre \u00e0 travers la d\u00e9couverte de Baudelaire: <em>Les Fleurs du mal<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>2021-22<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sydney Byrnes, Le Traumatisme des enfants cach\u00e9s de l&#8217;Holocauste<\/li>\n<li>Anna Rozin, L&#8217;influence des cat\u00e9gories linguistiques sur l&#8217;experience humaine: d\u00e9construire des binaires pour cr\u00e9er des continuit\u00e9s<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>2020-21<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Kaylah Johnson Translation and Analysis of Haitian Poems: Creole, French, English<\/li>\n<li>Keirston Johnston <em>La Folie et la mort<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>2019-20<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Anthony Anzora. La Puissance du football en France: \u00a0le rapport entre l\u2019\u00e9quipe de France de football et la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 fran\u00e7aise.<\/li>\n<li>Elizabeth Kiley-Bergen. Une discussion de la relation entre le fran\u00e7ais et les langues maternelles pour les immigr\u00e9s de l\u2019Afrique Francophone qui vivent \u00e0 Lewiston.<\/li>\n<li>William Weeks, \u00ab\u00a0Ce n\u2019est pas la litt\u00e9rature, \u00e7a, c\u2019est nous-autres\u00a0!\u00a0\u00bb :le th\u00e9\u00e2tre du Gr\u00e9goire Chabot et l\u2019histoire de l\u2019Identit\u00e9 franco-am\u00e9ricaine.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>2018-19<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Rachel Minkovitz. <em>Bain de lune<\/em>: Une Histoire d\u2019exil ha\u00eftien et l\u2019espoir du retour.<\/li>\n<li>Afia Sekyere. La Pollitique fran\u00e7aise au sujet de l\u2019identit\u00e9 publique et une deuxi\u00e8me id\u00e9ntit\u00e9 priv\u00e9e.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>2017-18<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Taryn Bedard.\u00a0 <em>L\u2019Impost(e)ure: la representation des femmes dans la literature qu\u00e9b\u00e9coise<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>Avery Margerum. Les esprits des t\u00e9n\u00e8bres: interpr\u00e9tations spatiales\u00a0 dans les contes vampiriques du XIXe si\u00e8cle.<\/li>\n<li>Julia Nemy.\u00a0 <em>L\u2019exp\u00e9rience des immigr\u00e9s djiboutiens \u00e0 Lewiston, Maine<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>2016-17<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Emily Shulman. <em>Un monde en transition: le monde de l\u2019art en France tourn\u00e9 vers l\u2019avenir.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Anna Suscy. L\u2019Int\u00e9gration sociales des demandeurs d\u2019asile et des immigr\u00e9s franco-am\u00e9ricains \u00e0 Lewiston.<\/li>\n<li>Mallory Turner.\u00a0 <em>Une analyse du syst\u00e8me \u00e9ducatif en France vu dans les films<\/em>: Entre les Murs, Les H\u00e9ritiers, L\u2019Esquive.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>2015-16<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Charles Burke Beatty.\u00a0 <em>La Guerre de Giraudoux: une etude de <\/em>la Guerre de Troie n\u2019aura pas lieu<em> et la politique avant la Seconde Guerre Mondiale.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Graham Leathers. <em>Three Franco-American Experiences<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>Kei Matsunami.\u00a0 <em>Yesterday Looming: la langue fran\u00e7aise \u00e0 Lewiston, Maine<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>2014-15<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Gabrielle Concepcion. <em>Narration, maladie, m\u00e9ceine et empathie: l\u2019exp\u00e9rience des maladies \u00e0 travers des r\u00e9cits<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>Samuel Spicer. <em>Le r\u00f4le de la for\u00eat dans la qu\u00eate de l\u2019identit\u00e9: une lecture psychanalytique des romans m\u00e9di\u00e9vaux.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>2013-14<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jordan Banez. <em>Les Effets de la corruption et la censure d\u2019une soci\u00e9t\u00e9 en d\u00e9veloppe-ment: une analyse de la progression sociale au Cameroun dans les films de Jean-Marie T\u00e9no.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Cassandra Desrosiers. <em>Le R\u00f4le de la culture fran\u00e7aise dans la cr\u00e9olit\u00e9.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Araceli Duran. <em>Beacoup plus qu\u2019une langue<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>Madeline Landry. <em>La Gastronomie fran\u00e7aise du dix-septi\u00e8me au dix-huiti\u00e8me si\u00e8cle: L\u2019art de l\u2019exp\u00e9rience terre-a-table.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>David Longdon. <em>Le Fant\u00f4me de l\u2019Op\u00e9ra:<\/em><em> Liens entre la production et la reproduction<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>Hank Schless. <em>La Nouvelle Noblesse et la d\u00e9christianisation de la France pendant la R\u00e9volution fran\u00e7aise: une exploration historique et litt\u00e9raire.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Madeline Smit. <em>La R\u00e9appropriation de l\u2019esprit romantique dans les tableaux orientalistes<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>2012-13<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Nathalie Navarette.\u00a0 <em>L&#8217;Identit\u00e9 hybride dan les textes de Dan Laferri\u00e8re: une analyse de <\/em>L&#8217;odeur du caf\u00e9 <em>et<\/em> Pays sans chapeau.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>2011-12<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Katherine Deschene.\u00a0 <em>La Pr\u00e9sence n\u2019est plus silencieuse: l\u2019h\u00e9ritage franco-am\u00e9ricain<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>Clare Durkin.\u00a0 <em>Paris: Ville du d\u00e9sir<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>Margaret Harrison.\u00a0 <em>L\u2019importance des mots: <\/em>Les Mots pour le dire de <em>Marie Cardinal<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>Maura Neal. <em>Le Hijab dans les \u00e9coles: contre la loi ou droit personnel<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>Amanda Sirianni.\u00a0 <em>Le Mariage dans deux romans champ\u00eatres de George Sand<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>Publications (Selection)<\/h3>\n<table style=\"height: 243px\" width=\"567\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/WEB-book-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-667\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/WEB-book-1.jpg\" alt=\"The Feminist Encyclopedia of French Literature\" width=\"150\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/WEB-book-1.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/WEB-book-1-133x200.jpg 133w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/web-book-21.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-668\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/web-book-21.jpg\" alt=\"Women in French Studies\" width=\"150\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/web-book-21.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/web-book-21-133x200.jpg 133w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/web-book-31.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-669\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/web-book-31.jpg\" alt=\"French Women Writers\" width=\"150\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/web-book-31.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/web-book-31-133x200.jpg 133w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/Marys-Book.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1202\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/Marys-Book.jpg\" alt=\"Marys Book\" width=\"150\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/Marys-Book.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/faculty\/files\/2015\/08\/Marys-Book-133x200.jpg 133w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMasculin\/F\u00e9minin: Daniel Stern\u2019s <em>Histoire de la R\u00e9volution de 1848<\/em>,\u201d <em>L\u2019Esprit Cr\u00e9ateur<\/em> 29 (1989): 84-91.<\/p>\n<p>Editor with Juliette Parnell-Smith, <em>Nineteenth Century. A Feminist Encyclopedia of French Literature<\/em>.\u00a0 General Editor Eva Sartori.\u00a0 Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1999.\u00a0 Author, \u201ccompagnonnage,\u201d \u201cRevolution of 1848,\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 \u201croman champ\u00eatre,\u201d \u201cromanticism,\u201d \u201cTristan, Flora.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cResistance and Resilience in <em>Wednesday\u2019s Child<\/em>: The Franco-American Memoir of a Maine Woman,\u201d <em>The River Review\/La Revue Rivi\u00e8re<\/em> 3 (1999): 115-25.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cArtists at Work: Women Crafting Fictions in Sand\u2019s Day,\u201d <em>Women in French Studies<\/em> (2003):\u00a0 85-92.<\/p>\n<p>Editor with Cathy Yandell.\u00a0 <em>\u00c9criture Courante:Critical Perspectives on French and Francophone Women in Honor of Annabelle M. Rea.\u00a0 Women in French Studies<\/em>, spec. vol. <em>\u00a0<\/em>(2005).<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Le P\u00e9ch\u00e9 de Monsieur Antoine<\/em> et la paradis retrouv\u00e9,\u201d <em>Fleurs et Jardins dans l\u2019oeuvre de George Sand,\u201d <\/em>Clermont-Ferrand: Presses Universitaires Blaise Pascal, 2006.\u00a0 133-40.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCultures in Contact: \u2018Peasant\u2019 and \u2018French\u2019 in George Sand\u2019s <em>Le Meunier d\u2019Angibault<\/em>.\u201d\u00a0 <em>George Sand\/Intertextualit\u00e9 et Polyphonie II:\u00a0 Voix, Image, Texte.<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0 Eds. Nigel Harkness and Jacinta Wright.\u00a0 Bern:\u00a0 Peter Lang, 2010.\u00a0 245-57.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA Flow of Tears: Emotional Weeping in the Poetry of Marceline Desbordes-Valmore and Louise Colet.\u201d <em>George Sand Studies<\/em>, vols. 37-38, 2018-19, pp. 109-130.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Revolution in Rural France in Hugo and Sand.\u201d <em>George Sand Studies<\/em>, vols. 35-36, 2016-17, pp. 19-28. (Published Jan. 2019).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGender Studies.\u201d <em>Dictionnaire Gustave Flaubert<\/em>. 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