Interplay of cultural narratives in Martinique : French, African and Indian journeys toward a pluralistic society /
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| Author / Creator: | Ramakrishnan, Mahadevi, author. |
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| Imprint: | Pompano Beach, Florida : Caribbean Studies Press, c2015. |
| Description: | xii, 282 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10323269 |
Table of Contents:
- Emigration, resettlement, and cultural evolution: an interdisciplinary approach
- Caribs, early Europeans, and the genesis of hybridization in Martinique
- The dawn of French colonialism and the slave trade: genesis of Creolization
- The architecture of dominance: systems of social control
- Adaptive responses to the system of slavery
- Inter-group and intra-group dynamics from slavery to abolition
- The era of indentured workers: coolies and dual host communities
- Sociocultural assimilation to political assimilation: from abolition to Césaire and departmentalization
- Martinique's pluralistic identities today: Négritude? Antillanité? Créolité? l'Indianité?
- One Martinique, multiple voices
