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Book SynopsisA classic ethnographic exploration of historical consciousness on the Caribbean island of Martinique.
Trade Review"A superb callaloo of a book... Richard Price has a remarkable grasp of the literatures of the Caribbean, and draws on this resource to explore the underlying insanity of the colonial experience, as well as the bewildering complexities of the postcolonial world where memory is erased or invented according to the demands of a market modernity." -- George Lamming, author of The Pleasures of Exile "By beautifully crafting elements as disparate as biographical data, sociological studies, literary sources, and archival documents, Richard Price's research is more fascinating than a piece of fiction." -- Maryse Conde, author of I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem "Price does it again. Mixing eras, genres, and voices, he carries the reader through the contradictory streams of historical consciousness in the Caribbean island of Martinique. The result is as complex and as enticing as the sea it evokes." -- Michel-Rolph Trouillot, author of Silencing the Past "Filled with insights that are at once theoretical, methodological, and ethnographic, The Convict and the Colonel is required reading for anyone interested in colonialism, memory, and contemporary Caribbean societies." -- Jennifer Cole American Ethnologist
Table of ContentsPrologue ix
I. La Guerre de Diamant: 1925 1
II. “My Own Secret”: The Life and Work of Medard Aribot 51
III. Remembering Medard, the Seine of History 121
Afterword 221
Notes 231
Source Notes 273
Illustration Credits 281
References 285
Remerciements 295
