03709nam 2200745Ia 450 991082290040332120240313191754.01-299-46684-20-253-00810-7(CKB)2550000001019446(EBL)1164912(OCoLC)840267121(SSID)ssj0000862181(PQKBManifestationID)11503879(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000862181(PQKBWorkID)10805795(PQKB)11153738(MiAaPQ)EBC1164912(MdBmJHUP)muse27358(Au-PeEL)EBL1164912(CaPaEBR)ebr10687045(CaONFJC)MIL477934(PPN)185087841(EXLCZ)99255000000101944620130207d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrFree and French in the Caribbean Toussaint Louverture, Aime Cesaire, and narratives of loyal opposition /John Patrick Walsh1st ed.Bloomington Indiana University Pressc20131 online resource (401 p.)Blacks in the diasporaDescription based upon print version of record.0-253-00630-9 0-253-00627-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-188) and index.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; NotesBibliographyIndex; About the AuthorIn 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'Blacks in the diaspora.Caribbean, French-speakingHistoryAutonomy and independence movementsDecolonization in literatureMartinican literature (French)History and criticismNationalism in literatureNationalismCaribbean, French speakingHistoryNationalismHaitiHistoryHaitiHistoryRevolution, 1791-1804Caribbean, French-speakingHistoryAutonomy and independence movements.Decolonization in literature.Martinican literature (French)History and criticism.Nationalism in literature.NationalismHistory.NationalismHistory.972.94/03Walsh John Patrick1971-1070613MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910822900403321Free and French in the Caribbean4106096UNINA