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A dividing line, the border is usually perceived in terms of separation and rupture. It is a site of tension par excellence, at the origin of contestations, negotiations, and other conflicting patterns of inclusion/exclusion. This book takes us through an exploration of the border in the Caribbean region, both geographically fragmented and strongly tied through its history, culture and people. This collection of scholarly articles interrogates the border within the specificities of the Caribbean context, its socio-political dynamics and its literary and artistic representations. The transgression of borders and the consequent reconfiguring phenomena are thus applied to the Caribbean and its diasporas, through a transdisciplinary approach. The book combines a multiplicity of research fields, including Social Sciences, Cultural Geography, Geopolitics, Cultural and Literary Studies, hence it offers a global perspective on the topic and transcends disciplinary categories. The contents of the book also stretch beyond geographic and linguistic borders as the contributors come from diverse scholarly backgrounds, affiliations, linguistic areas, and research expertise.
List of contents
1. Introduction.- 2. 'Borderisation' versus 'Creolisation': A Caribbean game of identities and borders.- 3. Labouring on the Border of Inclusion/Exclusion: Undocumented CARICOM Migrants in the Barbadian Economy.- 4. Caribbean spaces of migration and transnational networks: The case of the Haitian Diaspora.- 5. Borders and the question of citizenship: The Case of the Dominican Republic and Haiti.- 6. The Seeds of Anger: Contemporary issues in forced migration across the Dominican-Haitian border.- 7. 'When dialogue is no longer possible, what still exists is the mystery of hope': migration and citizenship in the Dominican Republic in film, literature and performance.- 8. To Be or not to Be... Giddy - Walking the Language (Border) Line.- 9. Blurring the Borders of the Human: Hybridized Bodies in Literature and Folklore.- 10. Borderless Spaces and Alternative Subjectivities in Three Fictional Narratives by Diasporic Caribbean Women Writers.- 11. Reimagining the Nation: Gender and Bodily Transgression in Breath, Eyes, Memory.
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Editors
Myriam Moïse is Associate Professor of English and Gender Studies at the Université des Antilles in Martinique, LC2S Caribbean Social Sciences Research Lab (CNRS, UMR 8053).
Fred Réno is Professor of Political Science at the Université des Antilles in Guadeloupe, LC2S Caribbean Social Sciences Research Lab (CNRS, UMR 8053).
