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L’insularité chez Patrick Chamoiseau

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Summary:	This article wants to show the importance of the insularity in the realization of an "against-history" existing under the official history, in two novels by Patrick Chamoiseau, Texaco and Biblique des derniers gestes. Even though the post-colonial context is a decisive parameter in this other perception of the world, the insularity has also a central place: it allows a detachment of the center’s domination on the one hand, and it transforms the Martinique in a point of forced meeting between different cultures on the other hand. These two elements take part in the putting in perspective of History.
Subject:	Chamoiseau (Patrick) novel insularité roman histoire post-colonialisme history insularity post-colonialism
Country:	Portugal
Document type:	journal article
Access type:	Open
Associated institution:	Carnets, Revista Electrónica de Estudos Franceses
Language:	French
Origin:	Carnets, Revista Electrónica de Estudos Franceses

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Summary:	This article wants to show the importance of the insularity in the realization of an "against-history" existing under the official history, in two novels by Patrick Chamoiseau, Texaco and Biblique des derniers gestes. Even though the post-colonial context is a decisive parameter in this other perception of the world, the insularity has also a central place: it allows a detachment of the center’s domination on the one hand, and it transforms the Martinique in a point of forced meeting between different cultures on the other hand. These two elements take part in the putting in perspective of History.