Claims to Memory Beyond Slavery and Emancipation in the French Caribbean |
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| Author:
| Reinhardt, Catherine |
| Series title: | Polygons: Cultural Diversities and Intersections Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-84545-079-3 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2006 |
| Publisher: | Berghahn Books, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $135.00 |
Book Description:
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Why do the people of the French Caribbean still continue to be haunted by the memory of their slave past more than one hundred and fifty years after the abolition of slavery? What process led to the divorce of their collective memory of slavery and emancipation from France's portrayal of these historical phenomena?
Why do the people of the French Caribbean still continue to be haunted by the memory of their slave past more than one hundred and fifty years after the abolition of slavery? What process led to the divorce of their collective memory of slavery and emancipation from France's portrayal of these historical phenomena?