Autour de Batouala de René Maran : réflexions sur quelques formulations racistes et antiracistes du mot « nègre »
In this paper, we would explore the different public uses of the word “nègre” in the context of the reception of René Maran’s novel Batouala after the award of the Goncourt Prize(1921). As it was used both to attack and to defend him, the French Caribbean writer was often the victim of misplaced ide...
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2010-11-01
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| description | In this paper, we would explore the different public uses of the word “nègre” in the context of the reception of René Maran’s novel Batouala after the award of the Goncourt Prize(1921). As it was used both to attack and to defend him, the French Caribbean writer was often the victim of misplaced identity attributions. For his part, Maran chose to dedicate a part of his work on the “nègre(s)” to understand what racism is. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8babf04fa94749e88e4c4e09c46557482024-02-14T16:51:20ZengCentre de Recherches sur les Mondes AméricainsNuevo mundo - Mundos Nuevos1626-02522010-11-0110.4000/nuevomundo.60301Autour de Batouala de René Maran : réflexions sur quelques formulations racistes et antiracistes du mot « nègre »Elsa GenesteIn this paper, we would explore the different public uses of the word “nègre” in the context of the reception of René Maran’s novel Batouala after the award of the Goncourt Prize(1921). As it was used both to attack and to defend him, the French Caribbean writer was often the victim of misplaced identity attributions. For his part, Maran chose to dedicate a part of his work on the “nègre(s)” to understand what racism is.https://journals.openedition.org/nuevomundo/60301 |
| spellingShingle | Elsa Geneste Autour de Batouala de René Maran : réflexions sur quelques formulations racistes et antiracistes du mot « nègre » Nuevo mundo - Mundos Nuevos |
| title | Autour de Batouala de René Maran : réflexions sur quelques formulations racistes et antiracistes du mot « nègre » |
| title_full | Autour de Batouala de René Maran : réflexions sur quelques formulations racistes et antiracistes du mot « nègre » |
| title_fullStr | Autour de Batouala de René Maran : réflexions sur quelques formulations racistes et antiracistes du mot « nègre » |
| title_full_unstemmed | Autour de Batouala de René Maran : réflexions sur quelques formulations racistes et antiracistes du mot « nègre » |
| title_short | Autour de Batouala de René Maran : réflexions sur quelques formulations racistes et antiracistes du mot « nègre » |
| title_sort | autour de batouala de rene maran reflexions sur quelques formulations racistes et antiracistes du mot negre |
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