Creole Renegades: Rhetoric of Betrayal and Guilt in the Caribbean Diaspora

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Creole Renegades University Press of Florida Florida A&M University, Tallahassee Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton Florida Gulf Coast University, Ft. Myers Florida International University, Miami Florida State University, Tallahassee New College of Florida, Sarasota University of Central Florida, Orlando University of Florida, Gainesville University of North Florida, Jacksonville University of South Florida, Tampa University of West Florida, Pensacola This page intentionally left blank Creole Renegades Rhetoric of Betrayal and Guilt in the Caribbean Diaspora Bénédicte Boisseron University Press of Florida Gainesville/Tallahassee/Tampa/Boca Raton Pensacola/Orlando/Miami/Jacksonville/Ft. Myers/Sarasota Copyright 2014 by Bénédicte Boisseron All rights reserved The publication of this book is made possible in part by a grant from the Office of the Vice President of Research and Creative Scholarship at the University of Montana. Printed in the United States of America on acid-free, recycled paper This book may be available in an electronic edition. 19 18 17 16 15 14 6 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Boisseron, Bénédicte. author. Creole renegades : rhetoric of betrayal and guilt in the Caribbean diaspora / Bénédicte Boisseron. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8130-4979-3 1. Creoles—Caribbean Area. 2. Creole literature—North America. 3. Caribbean Area—Emigration and immigration. 4. West Indians—Migrations. 5. Ethnicity— Caribbean Area. 6. Nationalism—Caribbean Area. 7. Broyard, Anatole. 8. Condé, Maryse. 9. Danticat, Edwidge, 1969– 10. Laferriére, Dany. 11. Naipaul, V. S. (Vidiadhar Surajprasad), 1932– 12. Kincaid, Jamaica. I. Title. PM7834.C37B65 2014 417'.2209729—dc23 2013051136 The University Press of Florida is the scholarly publishing agency for the State University System of Florida, comprising Florida A&M University, Florida Atlantic University, Florida Gulf Coast University, Florida International University, Florida State University, New College of Florida, University of Central Florida, University of Florida, University of North Florida, University of South Florida, and University of West Florida. University Press of Florida 15 Northwest 15th Street Gainesville, FL 32611-2079 http://www.upf.com To Ulrich, Armand, and Pierre, and in loving memory of my mother This page intentionally left blank It should give you not only comfort, but a sense of cultural obligation, to feel that you are an important part of the Caribbean as external frontier. George Lamming, “Concepts of the Caribbean” This page intentionally left blank ...