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In search of a national identity : Creole and politics in Guadeloupe

Print Book, English, ©2004
Helmut Buske, Hamburg, ©2004
dissertations
xvi, 294 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
9783875483246, 3875483243
55224644
Introduction: Political assimilation and identity : a paradox in the French Antilles
Language and nationalism: the approach
The island context
Creole in Guadeloupe
The Creole movement: an ideology of language is infused in the nationalist movement
Conflict in the Capesterre School
Creole turf wars and the media
Party politics and the language issue
In the guise of a conclusion: nationalism and identity politics
Sòti an sann tonbé an difé: reconciling Guadeloupean difference with modernity
Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Columbia University