Childhood Autobiography And The Francophone Caribbean

Description:

Hardwick examines a major modern turn in Francophone Caribbean literature towards the récit 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 'Comité pour la Mémoire de l'esclavage').

subjects: Caribbean literature, history and criticism,  Autobiography,  Children in literature,  Caribbean fiction (French),  History and criticism,  Caribbean fiction (French Creole),  Fiction,  French Autobiographical fiction,  Caribbean literature (French),  Identity (Psychology) in literature,  Autobiographical fiction, Caribbean (French)