Madelena Gonzalez is Professor of Anglophone Literature at the University of Avignon. Her recent publications include Fiction after the Fatwa: Salman Rushdie and the Charm of Catastrophe (2005), Translating Identity and the Identity of Translation (2006), Generic Instability and Identity in the Contemporary Novel (2010) and Authenticity and Legitimacy in Minority Theatre: Constructing Identity (2010).Hélène Laplace-Claverie is Professor of French Literature at the University of Avignon. Her main field of research is 19th- and 20th-century French Theatre with a focus on minor forms such as ballet, theatrical extravaganzas and pantomime. Her most recent publication is Modernes féeries. Le théâtre français du 20e siècle entre réenchantement et désenchantement (2007).