Caribbean Xings 20-21st C

3 Credits · Level: Graduate, Undergraduate

By examining a range of materials (fiction; TV show; street art; etc.), students will learn about the diversity of pathways and challenges faced by Caribbean migrants since the second half of the 20th century with a focus on Haiti, Guadeloupe, and Martinique. Some themes include: the brain drain of Haitian intellectuals, activists, and artists during the Duvalier regime; migration from French overseas departments to Hexagonal France between the years 1963 and 1981; US policy towards Haitian “boat people” in the 1980s and early 1990s; and the Caribbean diaspora history and cultures in France, the Caribbean, and North America in the early 21st century. Course taught in French.