"Murdoch exploits the postmodern theoretical vocabulary to provide perceptive readings of a selection of French Caribbean novels within the framework of antillanite and creolite."-- E. Anthony Hurley, State University of New York, Stony Brook

Adlai Murdoch offers a detailed rereading of five major contemporary French Caribbean writers--Glissant, Conde, Maximin, Dracius-Pinalie, and Chamoiseau. Emphasizing the role of narrative in fashioning the cultural and political doubleness of Caribbean Creole identity, Murdoch shows how these authors actively rewrite their own...