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Latin American Studies / France / World Affair / French Language / Creole

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In Search of a National Identity Creole and Politics in Guadeloupe Ellen M. Schnepel Language as a symbol of political and cultural resistance Guadeloupe (as well as Martinique, Guyana, and Reunion) is one of the former colonies of France that chose to remain tied to the mother country rather than seeking independence following World War II. Through the law of political assimilation, these territories became overseas departments of France (departements d'outre-mer). Departmentalization, however, failed to bring about full social and economic equality. As political integration increased economic and commercial dependency on France, the pressure of homogenization to the French model precipitated the loss of cultural autonomy in the former colonies. This case study of the Créole movement (mouvement créole) in Guadeloupe analyzes three key sites of conflict-the schools, the media, and the political process. Ellen M. Schnepel is an independent scholar and research fellow at the Research Institute for the Study of Man (RISM) in New York City. Distributed for Helmut Buske Verlag, Hamburg For more information contact our publicity manager, phone: (608) 263-0734, email: publicity@uwpress.wisc.edu

January 2005 314 pp.  6 x 9 2 maps, 5 illus., 14 charts ISBN 978-3-87548-324-6 Paper $56.80 s To order, you can accumulate titles in the Shopping Cart by clicking on the bulleted lines below. You can submit your order electronically, paying for it with MasterCard or Visa. Click here for further explanation of shopping cart feature. Never ordered from us before? Read this first.

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