In search of a national identity : Creole and politics in Guadeloupe /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Schnepel, Ellen M.
Format:	Thesis Book
Language:	English
Published:	Hamburg : Helmut Buske, [2004]
Series:	Kreolische Bibliothek ; Bd. 19.
Subjects:	Creole dialects, French > Political aspects > Guadeloupe. Guadeloupe > Languages > Political aspects.

Table of Contents:

Introduction: Political assimilation and identity : a paradox in the French Antilles
Language and nationalism: the approach
The island context
Creole in Guadeloupe
The Creole movement: an ideology of language is infused in the nationalist movement
Conflict in the Capesterre School
Creole turf wars and the media
Party politics and the language issue
In the guise of a conclusion: nationalism and identity politics
Sòti an sann tonbé an difé: reconciling Guadeloupean difference with modernity.