Haitians in Exile: The Theoretical Turn

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

3-15-2018

Abstract

This essay chronicles literary reflections and critical exchanges between four Haitian authors—Jean Métellus (Jacmel, 1937–2014), Joël Des Rosiers (Les Cayes, 1951–), Dany Laferrière (Port-au-Prince, 1953–), and Edwidge Danticat (Port-au-Prince, 1969–)—who address the question of the relationship between their Haitian cultural origins and their exile from the place of their birth. It proposes conceiving of Haitian literature as a borderless global exchange based on shared historical and cultural commonplaces that create a literary community sustained by mutual critical gestures and reciprocal dialogues.

Publication Source (Journal or Book title)

Contemporary French and Francophone Studies

First Page

227

Last Page

237

This document is currently not available here.

Share

COinS