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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"creoleness"”.
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Self-Reclamation through Death: Attaining Creoleness in Jamaica Kincaid’s The Autobiography of My Mother and In Praise of Creoleness by Jean Bernabé, Patrick Chamoiseau and Raphaël Confiant
… mirrors the principles of the essay In Praise of Creoleness by Jean Bernabé, Patrick Chamoiseau, and Raphael Confiant. These works, published nearly a decade apart address a process of identity formation in which specifically Caribbean identity features blend together in a fluid and complex way, …
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Mémoire et identité dans les réécritures caribéennes : Wide Sargasso Sea et La Migration des Coeurs
… as by going beyond the official definition of creoleness. Using the concepts of obsessive memory and forced forgetfulness, I explore the tension betwee innate and constructed identity. First, I focus on the meaning of creoleness, then, I examine how memory plays a crucial role in the novels …
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Africans in Louisiana: An Afrocentric Analysis of Southwest Louisiana’s Culture through the Lens of Spirituality
… will interrogate the idea of “Creole” (creolite/creoleness, creolization), which is often defined as a mixture of various cultures/races and as a culture indigenous to a new land, through the theory of Afrocentricity. Ultimately this study is needed in order to demonstrate the Afrocentric claim …
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"Liens, Echos, Entrelacs Ou La Creolite Discursive Dans ""Solibo Magnifique"" Et ""Texaco"" De Patrick Chamoiseau Et Dans ""L'archet Du Colonel"" De Raphael Confiant"
"My dissertation deals with the concept of ""creoleness"" (""Creolite"") developed by two contemporary Martinican authors: Patrick Chamoiseau and Raphael Confiant. Through a detailed analysis of Solibo Magnifique and Texaco by Patrick Chamoiseau and of L'Archet du Colonel by Raphael Confiant, I …
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Writing hybridity: identity, dialogics, and women's narratives in the Americas
… its people. Similarly, in the French Caribbean, creoleness put limits on the otherwise fluid interaction of African, native, and European peoples. More recently, postmodernist notions of hybridity assume that cross-cultural encounters cause individuals to live in a state of uncertainty, making …
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From Gwoka Modénn to Jazz Ka: Music, Nationalism, and Creolization in Guadeloupe
… nationalist ideology, are able to embrace their creoleness and express transnational identities by mixing gwoka with other musical styles. Through the study of music, this project brings to light the political and cultural impact of Guadeloupe's nationalist movement, thus offering a way to better …