Ethnologie française 2007/3 Vol. 37
Journal article

The Legend of Founder Rape in French West Indies

Pages 517 to 524

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  • MULOT, Stéphanie,
2007. The Legend of Founder Rape in French West Indies. Ethnologie française, 2007/3 Vol. 37, p.517-524. DOI : 10.3917/ethn.073.0517. URL : https://shs.cairn.info/journal-ethnologie-francaise-2007-3-page-517?lang=en.
  • Mulot, Stéphanie.
« The Legend of Founder Rape in French West Indies ». Ethnologie française, 2007/3 Vol. 37, 2007. p.517-524. CAIRN.INFO, shs.cairn.info/journal-ethnologie-francaise-2007-3-page-517?lang=en.
  • Mulot, S.
(2007). The Legend of Founder Rape in French West Indies. Ethnologie française, . 37(3), 517-524. https://doi.org/10.3917/ethn.073.0517.

https://doi.org/10.3917/ethn.073.0517

Abstract
Authors

Cite this article

  • Mulot, S.
(2007). The Legend of Founder Rape in French West Indies. Ethnologie française, . 37(3), 517-524. https://doi.org/10.3917/ethn.073.0517.
  • Mulot, Stéphanie.
« The Legend of Founder Rape in French West Indies ». Ethnologie française, 2007/3 Vol. 37, 2007. p.517-524. CAIRN.INFO, shs.cairn.info/journal-ethnologie-francaise-2007-3-page-517?lang=en.
  • MULOT, Stéphanie,
2007. The Legend of Founder Rape in French West Indies. Ethnologie française, 2007/3 Vol. 37, p.517-524. DOI : 10.3917/ethn.073.0517. URL : https://shs.cairn.info/journal-ethnologie-francaise-2007-3-page-517?lang=en.

https://doi.org/10.3917/ethn.073.0517

French
English

A scathing debate is going in the French Caribbean public discourse on the slavery role in colonial history. Competitive memorial strategies testify to the various affiliations. The analysis of the founder rape, a vivid myth in French West Indies representations, shows that the relation to history stumbles against memorial events nurturing the original trauma together with fratricide conflicts. These representations inhibit building a reconciled memory with its multiple components, while the creolisation has made possible a multiplicity of affiliations.

Keywords

  • French West Indies
  • myth
  • founder rape
  • memory
  • representation

Publisher keywords: founder rape, French West Indies, memory, myth, representation

Uploaded: 10/03/2007

https://doi.org/10.3917/ethn.073.0517

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