Free and French in the Caribbean

Toussaint Louverture, Aime Cesaire, and Narratives of Loyal Opposition

von John Patrick Walsh

208 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

In Free and French in the Caribbean, John Patrick Walsh studies the writings of Toussaint Louverture and Aimé Césaire to examine how they conceived of and narrated two defining events in the decolonializing of the French Caribbean: the revolution that freed the French colony of Saint-Domingue in 1803 and the departmentalization of Martinique and other French colonies in 1946. Walsh emphasizes the connections between these events and the distinct legacies of emancipation in the narratives of revolution and nationhood passed on to successive generations. By reexamining Louverture and Césaire in light of their multilayered narratives, the book offers a deeper understanding of the historical and contemporary phenomenon of "free and French" in the Caribbean.

• Reihe: Indiana University Press (IPS)
• ISBN: 9780253006301
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 01.04.2013
• Größe: 229 x 152 mm
• Verlag: Indiana University Press