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Édouard Glissant : Du Dé-Lire Verbal Au Discours Maîtrisé, Katell Colin-Thébaudeau Dec 2004

Édouard Glissant : Du Dé-Lire Verbal Au Discours Maîtrisé, Katell Colin-Thébaudeau

Présence Francophone: Revue internationale de langue et de littérature

This article questions the experience of delirium of the character of Marie Celat and places it in relation to the violence of identity and cultural alienation linked to the history of the West Indies. Using the word “Odono” as a pretext, which was transmitted to the character by a family tale, the text tackles the problem of the identity and origin of the subject. In Marie Celat’s delirium, the reference to “Odono” opens the way for diverse positions on the subject of enunciation, stretching the historical truth into an a-temporal, a-spatial, “out of chronology” event. The words juxtapose each other …


Folie De L'Écriture, Écriture De La Folie Dans La Littératureféminine Des Antilles Françaises, Pascale De Souza Dec 2004

Folie De L'Écriture, Écriture De La Folie Dans La Littératureféminine Des Antilles Françaises, Pascale De Souza

Présence Francophone: Revue internationale de langue et de littérature

There are many female characters with sick/mutilated bodies in Guadeloupe and Martinique’s female literature. Madness, anorexia, self-mutilation, even the suicide of these female characters not only denounce a repressive social order inherited from the history of slavery, but also represent means to affect a social environment that is not responsive to the female quest for identity. Madness, crisis or acts of self-mutilation allow them to escape (“marronnage”) a system, which tries to negate their very existence.


Le Goût Des Jeunes Filles De Dany Laferrière : Du Chaos À La Reconstruction Du Sens, Nathalie Courcy Dec 2004

Le Goût Des Jeunes Filles De Dany Laferrière : Du Chaos À La Reconstruction Du Sens, Nathalie Courcy

Présence Francophone: Revue internationale de langue et de littérature

This paper analyses the way politics, society and the representation of speech is structured in Le goût des jeunes filles, Dany Laferrière’s fourth novel. How do the events told and the disorganised narration itself symbolise the unspeakable? Moreover, how does the characters’ speech rebuild the meaning of existence, and how does Laferrière see the future? Chaos, madness, all that overtakes or destroys the norm, anchors fiction in an attempt to reorganize reality and the imaginary.


Par-Delà Le Chaos : Aube Tranquille De Jean-Claude Fignolé, Lucienne J. Serrano Dec 2004

Par-Delà Le Chaos : Aube Tranquille De Jean-Claude Fignolé, Lucienne J. Serrano

Présence Francophone: Revue internationale de langue et de littérature

This article analyses how Fignolé’s book puts into words an unbearable state sprung from the chaos of slavery. This is an oxymoronic writing experience, because how can the unspeakable be named? Writing is not thought here, but rather a driving force digging into an intimate movement of rebellion and using language in a glib form, free from conscious meaning and logic, in order to reveal a preconscious meaning. The writer then becomes an archaeologist of pain. He tries to transcribe the scream in splintered space and time, so that memory finds landmarks once again. Writing thus becomes an experience aiming …


Portrait: Les Nombreuses Facettes De Toussaint Louverture, Jean Metellus Jun 2004

Portrait: Les Nombreuses Facettes De Toussaint Louverture, Jean Metellus

Présence Francophone: Revue internationale de langue et de littérature

Toussaint Louverture's groundbreaking revolutionary war against slavery in the French colony of Saint-Domingue has earned him a well-deserved place in the history of anti-colonial movements. Despite his arrest and subsequent deportation to France, he is remembered as one of the founders of the first Haitian nation. Metellus goes beyond this image of the Haitian leader and captures him in all his complexity; his limits as a human being and as a leader. However, Metellus ultimately wants us to remember Toussaint Louverture as one of the founders of the anti­colonial movement.


Central America And The Burden Of The Past, Félix Masud-Piloto Jan 2004

Central America And The Burden Of The Past, Félix Masud-Piloto

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The Politics Of Asylum: Salvadoran Women And U.S. Policy, Jennifer Gerrard Jan 2004

The Politics Of Asylum: Salvadoran Women And U.S. Policy, Jennifer Gerrard

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Antecedentes Del Operativo Cóndor En El Paraguay: La Conexión De Estados Unidos De América, Macial A. Riquelme Jan 2004

Antecedentes Del Operativo Cóndor En El Paraguay: La Conexión De Estados Unidos De América, Macial A. Riquelme

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Central American Labor Migration, 1980-2000, Ana A. Peña López Jan 2004

Central American Labor Migration, 1980-2000, Ana A. Peña López

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Protestant Vs. Catholic, José Soltero Jan 2004

Protestant Vs. Catholic, José Soltero

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Montes Azules: Who Is Really Destroying The Rainforest?, Kari Lydersen Jan 2004

Montes Azules: Who Is Really Destroying The Rainforest?, Kari Lydersen

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Humboldt Park Looks To The Past To Fight Gentrification, Harvey Henao Jan 2004

Humboldt Park Looks To The Past To Fight Gentrification, Harvey Henao

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Odyssey To The North: Salvadoran Identities - American Lives, Michael Millar Jan 2004

Odyssey To The North: Salvadoran Identities - American Lives, Michael Millar

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At A Glance..., Jonathan Moller, Rigoberta Menchú Tum Jan 2004

At A Glance..., Jonathan Moller, Rigoberta Menchú Tum

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African American And Hispanic American Dialogue Through Music, Caleb Dube Jan 2004

African American And Hispanic American Dialogue Through Music, Caleb Dube

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En Las Manos Un Pequeño País: Política Y Poética En El Salvador (1884-2004), Rafael Lara-Martínez Jan 2004

En Las Manos Un Pequeño País: Política Y Poética En El Salvador (1884-2004), Rafael Lara-Martínez

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Gringo Chapín: Seven Perspectives On Being Guatemalan-American, William Barillas Jan 2004

Gringo Chapín: Seven Perspectives On Being Guatemalan-American, William Barillas

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Land Struggles In Honduras, Kari Lydersen Jan 2004

Land Struggles In Honduras, Kari Lydersen

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Latino Images In U.S. Mainstream Print, Raymundo Ortega Jan 2004

Latino Images In U.S. Mainstream Print, Raymundo Ortega

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Los Símbolos De La Abuela Que Son También Los Deseos Del Corazón: En Torno A "Más Espacio", Ilia Casanova-Marengo Jan 2004

Los Símbolos De La Abuela Que Son También Los Deseos Del Corazón: En Torno A "Más Espacio", Ilia Casanova-Marengo

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The Negro Is Paid To Dance, Matilde E. López, Karin Killian Jan 2004

The Negro Is Paid To Dance, Matilde E. López, Karin Killian

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The Central American Struggle For Amnesty And Residency: Nicaraguan, Salvadoran And Guatemalan Cases, Verónica Torres Jan 2004

The Central American Struggle For Amnesty And Residency: Nicaraguan, Salvadoran And Guatemalan Cases, Verónica Torres

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Mujer De Guatemala In The Years Of The War, Yolanda Nieves Jan 2004

Mujer De Guatemala In The Years Of The War, Yolanda Nieves

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Perros, Francisco Aragón Jan 2004

Perros, Francisco Aragón

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Las De Juárez, Armando Vásquez Peralta Jan 2004

Las De Juárez, Armando Vásquez Peralta

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Latinaje, Yarisa Colón Torres Jan 2004

Latinaje, Yarisa Colón Torres

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The Depaul El Salvador Project, Thomas Drexler, Kay Read, Alicia Alvarez Jan 2004

The Depaul El Salvador Project, Thomas Drexler, Kay Read, Alicia Alvarez

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Latinos In The Midwest: Advancing In El Mero Medio, Félix Masud-Piloto Jan 2004

Latinos In The Midwest: Advancing In El Mero Medio, Félix Masud-Piloto

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Cinemas Of Central America, Camilla Fojas Jan 2004

Cinemas Of Central America, Camilla Fojas

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Prelude And Chorus To Rainbow Shoes: A Poet-Opera, Eduardo Arocho Jan 2004

Prelude And Chorus To Rainbow Shoes: A Poet-Opera, Eduardo Arocho

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