France & The Caribbean

(4 Credits)

A systematic study of the social and cultural impact of French politics, political institutions, and public policies in former colonies of Guadeloupe, Martinique, and, to a lesser extent, Guiana. Explains how these territories, which have produced theorists of the colonial predicament such as Aimé Césaire, Frantz Fanon, and Edouard Glissant, are not only still attached to the mother country, but show little inclination for independence while claiming greater political control over their own local affairs.