Locating Guyane / [edited by] Sarah Wood and Catriona MacLeod.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wood, Sarah (Sarah Louise), editor.

Macleod, Catriona (Lecturer in French studies), editor.

JSTOR (Online Service)

Series:

Contemporary French and francophone cultures ; 53.

Contemporary French and francophone cultures ; 53

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civilization.

French Guiana.

French Guiana--History.

History.

French Guiana--Civilization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vi, 238 pages) : illustrations, maps.

Place of Publication:

Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2018.

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Part I Imagining the Tropics: Writing on and from Guyane

1 The Oldest Daughter of Overseas France p. 17 / Richard Price

2 Grand Reporters in Guyane: Bringing the Exotic Back Home p. 33 / Kari Evanson

3 Kor and Karnival, the Carnal Road of Léon-Gontran Damas: 'Evidence of Things Not Seen' p. 48 / Kathleen Gyssels

Part II Colonial Locations: Imperialism and the Production of Place

4 Frontier Politics: French, Portuguese and Amerindian Alliances between the Amazon and Cayenne, 1680-1697 p. 69 / Silvia Espelt-Bombin

5 Producing the Periphery p. 91 / Jonna M. Yarrington

6 A School in Boniville? Political Skills and 'Primitives' in Guyane (1930-1969) p. 105 / Edenz Maurice

7 Reclaiming Félix Éboué: Departmentalization and the Politics of Commemoration in Guyane, 1944-2012 p. 126 / Sarah Wood

Part III Relocating Culture: Language, Art and Identity

8 Palikur, a Language between Two Worlds p. 153 / Antonia Cristinoi and François Nemo

9 Maroon Art in Guyane: New Forms, New Discourses p. 168 / Sally Price

10 Performing and Parading Gender in Guyane's Carnival p. 183 / Catriona MacLeod

11 Equality and Difference: Queering Guyane? p. 201 / Bill Marshall.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781786948663

1786948664

Publisher Number:

99977816443

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.