Cesaire Reads Toussaint Louverture: The Haitian Revolution and the Problem of Departmentalization
2011; Duke University Press; Volume: 15; Issue: 1 34 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1215/07990537-1189557
ISSN0799-0537
Autores Tópico(s)Colonialism, slavery, and trade
ResumoThis article argues that Cesaire's essay, Toussaint Louverture: La Revolution francaise et le probleme colonial brings the Haitian Revolution into contact with the departmentalization of the French Caribbean. Situated between the epic Cahier d'un retour au pays natal and the play, La Tragedie du Roi Christophe, Toussaint is an important transitional work in Cesaire's oeuvre, one that has only recently received the attention it deserves. The historiographical and literary modes of the essay allow Cesaire to work through the Haitian Revolution in order to nuance the political and cultural assimilation that he negotiated with the French during and after departmentalization.
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