The libertine colony

By Doris Garraway

Subjects: West indies, french, Ethnic relations, Slavery, west indies, West Indian literature (French), West indian literature, Slavery, Libertinism, Intercultural communication, Acculturation, Culture diffusion, History and criticism, French West Indies, Social conditions, Creoles, History, Race relations

Description: Summary:Doris Garraway explores the founding discourses of race, hybridity, savagery, and degeneracy in the 17th and 18th century French Caribbean, in particular the way many of these discourses were used to describe French settlers