Synopses & Reviews
This book is the first major study of French Caribbean literature in light of postcoloniality. Through readings of Aimé Césaire, Edouard Glissant, Maryse Condé, Baudelaire, Freud, and others, Jeannie Suk illuminates how debates about négritude, antillanité, and creolité contribute to paradoxes at the heart of postcolonial modes.
About the Author
Jeannie Suk is J.D. candidate, Harvard Law School, Harvard University
Table of Contents
Introduction
Postcoloniality, Allegory, and the French Caribbean
Crossings, Returns: Césaire's Cahier d'un retour au pays natal
Glissant, Détour, and History
Archetypal Returns: Hérémakhonon and Une Saison