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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452396903321

Autore

Walsh John Patrick <1971->

Titolo

Free and French in the Caribbean [[electronic resource] ] : Toussaint Louverture, Aime Cesaire, and narratives of loyal opposition / / John Patrick Walsh

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2013

ISBN

1-299-46684-2

0-253-00810-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (401 p.)

Collana

Blacks in the diaspora

Disciplina

972.94/03

Soggetti

Caribbean, French-speaking - History - Autonomy and independence movements

Decolonization in literature

Martinican literature (French) - History and criticism

Nationalism in literature

Nationalism - Caribbean, French speaking - History

Nationalism - Haiti - History

Electronic books.

Haiti History Revolution, 1791-1804

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-188) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I. Toussaint Louverture; 1 Toussaint Louverture and the Family of Saint-Domingue; 2 Under the Stick of Maître Toussaint; 3 "Free and French": La Constitution de la colonie française de Saint-Domingue; 4 Toussaint Louverture at a Crossroads: The Mémoire of the "First Soldier of the Republic of Saint Domingue"; Part II. Aimé Césaire; 5 Césaire Reads Toussaint: The Haitian Revolution and the Problem of Departmentalization; 6 Haitian Building: La tragédie du roi Christophe; Conclusion: Artisans of Free and French; Notes

BibliographyIndex; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

In Free and French in the Caribbean, John 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 that emerged through the narratives of revolution and nationhood passed on to successive generations. Part one concerns Toussaint'