La Querelle de la créolisation : Creolization vs. créolité in Glissant, Condé and the Creolists
2017; Edinburgh University Press; Volume: 56; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.3366/nfs.2017.0168
ISSN2047-7236
Autores Tópico(s)Migration, Identity, and Health
ResumoIn this article, I examine several contemporary Franco-Caribbean authors as heirs to a movement conceiving of Antillean identity from an indigenous perspective, begun in earnest by Aimé Césaire but carried forward largely by Édouard Glissant. Whereas Guadeloupean Maryse Condé leans heavily towards a broad conception of ‘Créole’, following the openness of Glissant's notion of creolization, Jean Bernabé, Patrick Chamoiseau and Raphaël Confiant (the Creolists) insist on creoleness, or créolité. The subtle difference in the suffix of each of these terms indicates a much larger conceptual difference between process and product, continuing evolution and fixed definition. In order to explore the créolité movement from a heterogeneous perspective, I include in my observations the Creolists, who seem at times militant in their views, Condé, who represents a more global mind-set, and an analysis of gender issues.
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