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School Days
School Days (Chemin-d’Ecole) is a captivating narrative based on Patrick Chamoiseau’s childhood in Fort-de-France, Martinique. It is a revelatory account of the colonial world that shaped one of the liveliest and most creative voices in French and Caribbean literature today. Through the eyes of the boy Chamoiseau, we meet his severe, Francophile teacher, a man intent upon banishing all remnants of Creole from his students’ speech. This domineering man is succeeded by an equally autocratic teacher, an Africanist and proponent of “Negritude.” Along the way we are also introduced to Big Bellybutton, the class scapegoat, whose tales of Creole heroes and heroines, magic, zombies, and fantastic animals provide a fertile contrast to the imported French fairy tales told in school. In prose punctuated by Creolisms and ribald humor, Chamoiseau infuses the universal terrors, joys, and disappointments of a child’s early school days with the unique experiences of a Creole boy forced to confront the dominant culture in a colonial school. School Days mixes understanding with laughter, knowledge with entertainment—in ways that will fascinate and delight readers of all ages.
Geography: Discipline, Profession and Subject since 1870
This book is a comprehensive treatment of the professionalization and institutionalization of the academic discipline of geography in Europe and North America, with emphasis on the 20th century and the last quarter of the 19th. No other book has ever attempted coverage of this sort. It is relevant to geographers, practitioners of the social and earth sciences, and historians of science and education.
Monsieur Toussaint
Edouard Glissant's Monsieur Toussaint tells the tragic story of Toussaint Louverture, the charismatic leader of the revolution - the only successful slave revolt in history - that led to Haiti's independence two-hundred years ago. Translated by the author himself in collaboration with J. Michael Dash, this new edition captures the striking essence of the original French play (first published in 1961).
Eastern Block Stories
The title Eastern Block Stories features dozens of articles and over 60 unique hand-picked images about mass housing estates in former communist states. This book aims to address the blind spots to take a closer look at the major challenges for post-socialist housing estates today and imagine what could be their future. Besides stories from Georgia, Belarus, Russia, Ukraine, Poland and Germany unique photographic material which covers cases from more than ten countries is included. The major take of this book is to unveil the diversity of the Eastern blocks alive and the richness of their urban context besides a stigmatizing and alienating gaze. With contributions by Carola S. Neugebauer, Romea Muryń, Kuba Snopek, Dimitrij Zadorin, Lubov Davidkina, Nataliia Mysak, Gigi Shukakidze, Paulina Paga, Maria Melnikova, Aleksandra Katasonova, llyas Kulbarisov, David Sichinava, and Alexander Novikov.
Albert Huie
This is the first full-length description and critique of the work of Albert Huie, arguably Jamaica's most revered painter, and one of the first home-grown artists to have enjoyed a full professional career. Illustrated in full colour, with some 69 paintings selected by Edward Lucie-Smith, this is an excellent introduction to Albert Huie's life and works.
Poetic Intention
This marks the publication of the first English-language translation of Poetic Intention, Glissant’s classic meditation on poetry and art. In this wide-ranging book, Glissant discusses poets, including Stéphane Mallarmé and Saint-John Perse, and visual artists, such as the Surrealist painters Matta and Wilfredo Lam, arguing for the importance of the global position of art. He states that a poem, in its intention, must never deny the “way of the world.” Capacious, inventive, and unique, Glissant’s Poetic Intention creates a new landscape for understanding the relationship between aesthetics and politics.
Agora Mundo
Agora Mundo réunit 12 artistes emblématiques de l’art contemporain de l’Outre-mer.
Voyage crépusculaire
René Louise est diplômé de l'École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Paris (section peinture). Il est l'auteur de plusieurs ouvrages publiés aux Éditions caribéennes, parmi lesquels : "Peinture et Sculpture en Martinique","La vannerie à la Martinique", "poterie et Céramique en Martinique" ou encore des pièces de théâtre telles "La table du diable" et " "trois voyages aux îles de canne à sucre", et enfin un recueil de poèmes intitulé "La rose et le cheval aux îles de lumière". René Louise est membre fondateur du groupe « fwomajé » (du nom de l'arbre aux racines particulièrement solides et profondes) : il s'agit de l'association de cinq plasticiens martiniquais qui...
Manifeste du Marronisme moderne
Au cours de notre enquête sur l'artisanat d'art dans la Caraïbe et les Guyanes, nous fûmes étonnés de découvrir qu'il subsistait des échanges entre Amérindiens et Nègres marrons, dans plusieurs domaines culturels tels que la poterie, la vannerie, l'architecture, etc ... Lors d'un voyage d'étude sur le Maroni, nous avons surpris des Amérindiens et des Bonis qui s'affairaient à la construction d'une pirogue avec une grande détermination et en toute fraternité. C'est en ces mêmes circonstances que nous sommes entrés en contact avec l'art des Nègres marrons des Guyanes. Cette forme d'expression est profondément moderne : elle se caractérise par des signes et des symboles grav...
