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Jambe dlo… et apres? Participation de la diaspora antillaise a l’ecriture de la nation francaise

Achille, Etienne
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1367934993

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2013, PhD, University of Cincinnati, Arts and Sciences: Romance Languages and Literatures.
This study is composed of a two-part literary analysis of five Francophone Caribbean (Martinique, Guadeloupe, Haiti) writers’ novels and is articulated around a postcolonial theoretical framework based primarily on the works of Edouard Glissant on the imaginary and intercultural relations, and on the Haitian thought, particularly its attempt to transcend the limitations of the French conception of universalism and republicanism. The first part of this dissertation is dedicated to the study of the Francophone Caribbean diaspora’s contribution to the writing of the French nation through its performative acts and discursive counter-practices. Based on a textual analysis of L’Exil selon Julia (1996) and Fleur de barbarie (2005) by Gisele Pineau (Guadeloupe), Paris, il faut que tu saches… (2007) and Negropolitains et Euro-Blacks (2000) by Tony Delsham (Martinique) and Rue du Faubourg Saint-Denis (2005) by Louis-Philippe Dalembert (Haiti), the main focus is put on localizing and analyzing the interstices of cultural hybridity represented by these writers and more specifically how they contribute to constructing an enunciative present within the hegemonic and pedagogical discourse. The developed argument affirms that the Caribbean diaspora’s members creatively redefine traditional French notions of nation, identity, and belonging and attempt to have their cultural heritage and specificities recognized as active and significant elements contributing to the construction of a nation searching for its identity in the contemporary postcolonial context. The goal is to re-include the Antilles in the past and present development of the French nation and French thought as well as to rethink the foundations on which are articulated the personal and collective identity building processes. While doing so, the difficulties encountered par these diasporic individuals in the establishment of an ideological and cultural dialogue based on a mutual recognition with metropolitan France are highlighted.
Patricia Valladares-Ruiz, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
Therese Migraine-George, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Michele Vialet, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
286 p.
Caribbean Literature
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  • Achille, E. (2013). Jambe dlo… et apres? Participation de la diaspora antillaise a l’ecriture de la nation francaise [Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1367934993

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  • Achille, Etienne. Jambe dlo… et apres? Participation de la diaspora antillaise a l’ecriture de la nation francaise. 2013. University of Cincinnati, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1367934993.

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  • Achille, Etienne. "Jambe dlo… et apres? Participation de la diaspora antillaise a l’ecriture de la nation francaise." Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1367934993

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