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Title: | Creole womanhood in the Indian Ocean: the Mauritian experience |
Author: | Cunniah, Bruno |
Year: | 2005 |
Periodical: | International Journal of Humanistic Studies |
Volume: | 4 |
Pages: | 1-16 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Mauritius |
Subjects: | women Creoles gender roles female slaves prose |
Abstract: | Since her arrival as a slave on the island of Mauritius, the woman of African origin has had to position her gendered and racialized body in a society totally steeped in patriarchy and in which she was no more than a second class citizen. As the national identity and an emerging literature were being forged, she became known as the Creole woman. This article has two objectives. Firstly, it aims to find out if there is an evolution in terms of the categories and roles of the Creole woman over two periods, the colonial period and the post-independence period, by analysing her representation in works of fiction. Secondly, it investigates if there is a marked difference in the way in which female and male authors depict the Creole woman, relative to her role and function in society. Bibliogr., sum. [Journal abstract] |