| Author: | Gerty Dambury | ISBN: | 9781936932078 |
| Publisher: | The Feminist Press at CUNY | Publication: | January 22, 2018 |
| Imprint: | The Feminist Press at CUNY | Language: | English |
| Author: | Gerty Dambury |
| ISBN: | 9781936932078 |
| Publisher: | The Feminist Press at CUNY |
| Publication: | January 22, 2018 |
| Imprint: | The Feminist Press at CUNY |
| Language: | English |
This lyrical novel, structured like a Creole quadrille, is a rich ethnography bearing witness to police violence in French Guadeloupe. Narrators both living and dead recount the racial and class stratification that led to a protest-turned-massacre. Dambury’s English debut is a vibrant memorial to a largely forgotten atrocity, coinciding with the government’s declassification of documents pertaining to the incident.
This lyrical novel, structured like a Creole quadrille, is a rich ethnography bearing witness to police violence in French Guadeloupe. Narrators both living and dead recount the racial and class stratification that led to a protest-turned-massacre. Dambury’s English debut is a vibrant memorial to a largely forgotten atrocity, coinciding with the government’s declassification of documents pertaining to the incident.
