Finding Monte Cristo : Alexandre Dumas and the French Atlantic world / Eric Martone.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Martone, Eric, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dumas, Alexandre, 1802-1870--Influence.

Dumas, Alexandre, 1802-1870.

Colonies.

Race relations.

Intellectual life.

France--Colonies--America--Intellectual life.

France--Colonies--Africa--Intellectual life.

France--Colonies--America--Race relations.

France--Colonies--Africa--Race relations.

France--Race relations.

France.

French colonies.

Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.).

Africa.

America.

Physical Description:

ix, 204 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2018]

Summary:

"Alexandre Dumas (1802-1870) faced racial prejudice in his homeland of France and constantly strove to find a sense of belonging. "Monte Cristo" symbolized this elusive quest. Exiled to the margins of society, 19th and 20th century black intellectuals from the Caribbean and Africa drew on Dumas' work and celebrity to renegotiate their full acceptance as French citizens"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

"Black skin, white masks" in nineteenth-century France: Alexandre Dumas and his experiences as an exotic other, 1829/1870

A hero of assimilation: Alexandre Dumas and the French Caribbean, 1848/1930

Creating a local black identity in a global context: Alexandre Dumas as an African American lieu de memoire, 1840/1930

Forgetting Alexandre Dumas: nøgritude and the French Caribbean and Africa in the mid-twentieth century, 1930/1970

Alexandre Dumas møtissø: celebrating Dumas as symbol of a diverse France, 1946/2002.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781476673202

1476673209

OCLC:

1020467227