Libertine Colony - Creolization in the Early French Caribbean

Informationen zum Autor Doris Garraway Klappentext "Extremely well written, with a wonderful balance between impeccable scholarship and theoretical sophistication, "The Libertine Colony" is a very important contribution to postcolonial studies and the study of Caribbean literature and history."--Peter Hulme, author of "Remnants of Conquest: The Island Caribs and their Visitors, 1877-1998" Zusammenfassung Explores the founding discourses of race! hybridity! savagery! and degenercy in the seventeenth and eighteenth century French Caribbean! in particular the way many of these discourses were used to describe French settlers. Inhaltsverzeichnis Illustrations ix Preface xi Introduction: Creolization in the Old Regime 1 1. Border of Violence, Border of Desire: The French and the Island Caribs 39 2. Domestication and the White Noble Savage 93 3. Creolization and the Spirit World: Demons, Violence, and the Body 146 4. The Libertine Colony: Desire, Miscegenation, and the Law 194 5. Race, Reproduction, and Family Romance in Saint-Domingue 240 Conclusion 293 Notes 299 Works Cited 371 Index 401

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• Autori: Doris Garraway, Garraway, Doris Garraway, Doris L Garraway, Doris L. Garraway, Doris Lorraine Garraway
• Editore: Duke University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 08.07.2005
• EAN: 9780822334538
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-3453-8
• Pagine: 408
• Dimensioni: 159 mm x 235 mm x 32 mm
• Serie: A John Hope Franklin Center Book; John Hope Franklin Center Book; A John Hope Franklin Center Book; John Hope Franklin Center Book
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Altro; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia