Récit de voyage et tourisme de mémoire : The Island Martinique de John Wideman
The African American writer John Edgar Wideman published in 2003 a travel memoir commissioned by the National Geographic Society. As an heir to a painful transatlantic History of colonialism, the writer chooses Martinique as his destination. Unfamiliar with this French-speaking Caribbean Island, Wid...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Université des Antilles
2014-08-01
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| Series: | Études Caribéennes |
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| Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/etudescaribeennes/6898 |
| Summary: | The African American writer John Edgar Wideman published in 2003 a travel memoir commissioned by the National Geographic Society. As an heir to a painful transatlantic History of colonialism, the writer chooses Martinique as his destination. Unfamiliar with this French-speaking Caribbean Island, Wideman transcribes his intimate experience of Martinique and guides his readers through a touristic and literary journey that becomes a reflection on the self in relation to others. Our analysis of Wideman’s travel writing aims to explore the author’s perception of the island as a touristic, historical, and cultural site. |
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| ISSN: | 1779-0980 1961-859X |