Female identity in process in Soraya Nini's Ils disent que je suis une beurette

In this article Soraya Nini's book Ils disent que suis une beurette is subjected to a feminist reading in order to discuss the portrayal of the female socialisation process. Deploying critical methodology including analysis of the narrative, and examining the factor of race, the article points up the continuing pertinence of the category Bildungsroman for women writers of ethnic origin.