Childhood, Autobiography and the Francophone Caribbean

by Louise Hardwick

This book examines a major modern turn in Francophone Caribbean literature towards the r cit d'enfance, or childhood memoir, and asks why this occurred post-1990, connecting texts to recent changes in public policy and education policy concerning the commemoration of slavery and colonialism both in France and at a global level (for example, the UNESCO project 'La Route de l'esclave', the 'loi Taubira' and the 'Comit pour la m moire de l'esclavage')...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1846318416
• ISBN13: 9781846318412
• Release Date: April 2013
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.1"