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In Free and French in the Caribbean, John Patrick Walsh studies the writings of Toussaint Louverture and Aimé Césaire to examine how they conceived of and narrated two defining events in the decolonializing of the French Caribbean: the revolution that freed the French colony of Saint-Domingue in 1803 and the departmentalization of Martinique and other French colonies in 1946. Walsh emphasizes the connections between these events and the distinct legacies of emancipation in the narratives of revolution and nationhood passed on to successive generations. By reexamining Louverture and Césaire in light of their multilayered narratives, the book offers a deeper understanding of the historical and contemporary phenomenon of ""free and French"" in the Caribbean.

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A fruitful intervention in a growing body of literature and increasingly lively debate on the Haitian Revolution and the figure of Toussaint Louverture, the book also contributes to the emerging scholarship on Cesaire, Francophone literature, and postcolonial theory.... Walsh reveals how these texts [by Louverture and Cesaire] are structured, how they function, and what dynamics they contain and what they have to show us about politics and history. Gary Wilder, CUNY Graduate Center

<p> Contains all the ingredients to become the next important book in the field of postcolonial studies with the emphasis on French Caribbean culture and literature. --Daniel Desormeaux, University of Chicago--Daniel Desormeaux, University of Chicago

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John Patrick Walsh is Assistant Professor of French and Francophone Studies at the University of Pittsburgh.

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