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Book SynopsisExplores the West Indian experience in Paris and London
Trade Review"In these expansive, fresh, adroit interpretations of Maryse Condé, Gisèle Pineau, Zadie Smith-White, and Andrea Levy, the author exposes the stark reality that race, and the prejudices attached to it, is a barrier to unequivocal assimilation. This study affirms that a diasporic duality persists as creolization slowly alters the metropole. Overall, an interesting read.
" —Choice
"Creolizing the Metropole is a significant contribution to scholarship." —New West Indian Guide
"[This] book provides an extremely valuable contribution to the fields of postcolonial studies and European literary and film studies in at least three ways: it theoretically refines the concept
of creolization, it contributes to much-needed redefinitions of France and the United Kingdom as multicultural, and it foregrounds the aesthetic qualities of the works under study." —Research in African Literatures
"An outstanding contribution to scholarship. Theoretically grounded and meticulously researched, it examines the complexities inherent in constructing new diaspora identities that are at once ethnic, national, and fluid." —Renée Larrier, Rutgers University
"[T]he depth of analysis and rich detail provided through literary illustrations make this book a worthwhile read. It is highly recommended for advanced students and scholars studying Caribbean migrations and associated concerns of identity, citizenship and nationhood." —Social & Cultural Geography
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
Introduction: The Caribbean Diaspora and the Metropoles
1. Caribbean Diasporic Identity: Between Home and Away
2. Beyond a Boundary: Constructing Anglo-Caribbean and Franco-Antillean Identity
3. Migration Pluralizes the Metropole: How a Small Island Revealed its White Teeth
4. Creolizing the Hexagon: Periphery and Place in Desirada and Exile According to Julia
5. Playing at Integration: Confrontation and Conflict in the Metropolitan Suburbs
Conclusion: (Re)Colonizing the Metropole
Notes
Works Cited
Index
