{"product_id":"monsters-and-revolutionaries-9780822322948","title":"Monsters and Revolutionaries","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnalyses the complex relationship between the coloniser and colonised on the Indian Ocean island of Reunion. Through novels, iconography, and texts from various disciplines including law, medicine, and psychology, this title constructs a political and cultural history of the island's relations with France.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A brilliant piece of work. . . . \u003ci\u003eMonsters and Revolutionaries\u003c\/i\u003e promises to be an important intervention in the fields of political history and postcolonial discourse.”—Ali Behdad, University of California at Los Angeles\u003cbr\u003e“[Vergès’s] richly textured exploration of ‘metissage’ as a discursive strategy of identification, assimilation, and resistance is driven by a fluent engagement with concepts drawn from contemporary criticism, history, psychoanalysis, and philosophy and has the broadest implications right across the postcolonial world. A major innovative study that will shape the field.”—Stuart Hall, Emeritus Professor, The Open University and Goldsmith’s College, London\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIllustrations ix\u003cbr\u003e Preface: Bitter Sugar's Island xi\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments xix\u003cbr\u003e The Family Romance of French Colonialism and Métissage 1\u003cbr\u003e Contested Family Romances: Slaves, Workers, Children 22\u003cbr\u003e Blood Politics and Political Assimilation 72\u003cbr\u003e \"Oté Debré, rouver la port lenfer, Diab kominis i sa rentré\": Cold War Demonology in the Postcolony 123\u003cbr\u003e Single Mothers, Missing Fathers, and French Psychiatrists 185\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue: A Small Island 246\u003cbr\u003e Notes 251\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography 353\u003cbr\u003e Index 389","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406022648151,"sku":"9780822322948","price":27.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780822322948.jpg?v=1730494275","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/monsters-and-revolutionaries-9780822322948","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}