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Albert Camus, Aimé Césaire : poétiques de la révolte. Discussion 7 ; Albert Camus, Aimé Césaire : poétiques de la révolte. Discussion 7
Auteur(s) : John, Valérie Des Rosiers, Joël Désert, Gérald John, Valérie Des Rosiers, Joël Désert, Gérald John, Valérie Des Rosiers, Joël
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Colonial Cuban Church ; The Bryant Slides Collection ; The Bryant Slides Collection, Cuba
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Les conditions de réussite de la réforme : quelques défis à relever ; Les conditions de réussite de la réforme : quelques défis à relever
Auteur(s) : Daniel, Justin Daniel, Justin
Auteurs secondaires : Lacom, Gérard Lacom, Gérard
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La poétique du Mystère dans la composition dramatique et la prose poétique de Faubert Bolivar. Lecture de la Flambeau, Jesika ou Bousiko et Sainte Dérivée des trottoirs ; La poétique du Mystère dans la composition dramatique et la prose poétique de Faubert Bolivar. Lecture de la Flambeau, Jesika ou Bousiko et Sainte Dérivée des trottoirs
Auteur(s) : Desrivières, Jean-Durosier Desrivières, Jean-Durosier
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Éditeur(s) : CRILLASH : Centre de Recherches Interdisciplinaires en Lettres, Langues, Arts et Sciences Humaines CRILLASH : Centre de Recherches Interdisciplinaires en Lettres, Langues, Arts et Sciences Humaines
Extrait de : "Réel merveilleux, réalisme merveilleux, réalisme magique et baroque (III)" : journée d'étude, le 7 mai 2015. Université des Antilles et de la Guyane
Description : Par quelle mathématique des signes le jeune auteur haïtien, Faubert Bolivar (1979), nous donne-t-il à saisir l'univers dramatique singulier de ses pièces de théâtre, La Flambeau et Jesika ou Bousiko, et l'espace fictionnel énigmatique de son récit poétique, Sainte Dérivée des trottoirs ? Comment évaluer cette expression littéraire qui semble toucher le possible extrême de certaines réalités haïtiennes connues, et pourtant si peu vraisemblables pour une catégorie de lecteurs, et la relation que développent les personnages de Bolivar avec ces topos récurrents dans son écriture livrée aux jeux de langage et d'onirisme avéré : la folie, l'intime et le cosmique (ou le religieux) ? Ainsi, parler de poétique du mystère, c'est esquisser le balbutiement d'une théorie littéraire qui est presqu'un prétexte à faire découvrir, à faire entendre, cette parole littéraire neuve, d'un autre ton, qui marque la rupture avec tout ce qui relèverait d'une esthétique du réel ou du réalisme merveilleux. Le mode d'intrusion des mystères-mêmes ? fantômes, fous ou esprits vodous ? dans les espaces réels énoncés par les textes bolivariens paraît résister absolument à ce penchant de certains critiques occidentaux à vouloir conclure hâtivement, concernant des écrits de ce style, en faveur de l'esthétique précitée. Mystère donc, comme l'écho de l'indicible dans l'agencement des signes, dans la stratégie de construction et de déconstruction de l'espace réel, imaginaire et symbolique, dans la mise en oeuvre textuelle des traits quasi insaisissables d'une culture individuelle et d'une culture collective, multiple, instable, fuyante, souvent étrange ? Mystère ?
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Le roman selon Louis-Philippe Delembert : entre "réalisme poétique" et néo-baroque ; Le roman selon Louis-Philippe Delembert : entre "réalisme poétique" et néo-baroque
Auteur(s) : Pageaux, Daniel-Henri Pageaux, Daniel-Henri
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Éditeur(s) : CRILLASH : Centre de Recherches Interdisciplinaires en Lettres, Langues, Arts et Sciences Humaines CRILLASH : Centre de Recherches Interdisciplinaires en Lettres, Langues, Arts et Sciences Humaines
Extrait de : "Réel merveilleux, réalisme merveilleux, réalisme magique et baroque (III)" : journée d'étude, le 7 mai 2015. Université des Antilles et de la Guyane
Description : "Le Haïtien Louis-Philippe Dalembert a fait son entrée en littérature avec deux recueils poétiques (d'ailleurs primés en France) sous le titre Et le soleil se souvient (l'Harmattan, 1989) que j'avais eu le plaisir de préfacer. Depuis, il est remarquable de constater que L.-Ph Dalembert, dans le temps même où il publiait des romans, n'a pas cessé de pratiquer l'écriture poétique, sous forme de recueils (le dernier en 2010), ou à l'intérieur de ses romans en ménageant des passages, des pauses où s'épanouit une singulière prose poétique, en particulier dans l'autre face de la mer (Stock, 1998). C'est un premier axe que nous souhaitons retenir dans une approche « poétique », Le Haïtien Louis-Philippe Dalembert a fait son entrée en littérature avec deux recueils poétiques (d'ailleurs primés en France) sous le titre Et le soleil se souvient (l'Harmattan, 1989) que j'avais eu le plaisir de préfacer. Depuis, il est remarquable de constater que L.-Ph Dalembert, dans le temps même où il publiait des romans, n'a pas cessé de pratiquer l'écriture poétique, sous forme de recueils (le dernier en 2010), ou à l'intérieur de ses romans en ménageant des passages, des pauses où s'épanouit une singulière prose poétique, en particulier dans L'autre face de la mer (Stock, 1998). C'est un premier axe que nous souhaitons retenir dans une approche « poétique » Le Haïtien Louis-Philippe Dalembert a fait son entrée en littérature avec deux recueils poétiques (d'ailleurs primés en France) sous le titre Et le soleil se souvient (l'Harmattan, 1989) que j'avais eu le plaisir de préfacer. Depuis, il est remarquable de constater que L.-Ph Dalembert, dans le temps même où il publiait des romans, n'a pas cessé de pratiquer l'écriture poétique, sous forme de recueils (le dernier en 2010), ou à l'intérieur de ses romans en ménageant des passages, des pauses où s'épanouit une singulière prose poétique, en particulier dans L'autre face de la mer (Stock, 1998). C'est un premier axe que nous souhaitons retenir dans une approche « poétique », visant à cerner l'esthétique à l'oeuvre dans le monde romanesque de L.-Ph. Dalembert. Les références ibériques constituent un second axe de lecture. Elles sont multiples et peuvent aisément s'expliquer par la formation universitaire du romancier, auteur d'une thèse sur le « Noir chez Alejo Carpentier ». De telles informations, d'ordre biographique ou factuel, sont là pour inviter à aller plus avant dans l'esthétique et dans l'imaginaire du romancier. On pense aux références au réel merveilleux dans des nouvelles (Le songe d'une nuit d'enfance, Le Serpent à plumes, 1993), dans des romans (le personnage de Pauline Bonaparte dans L'île du bout des rêves, Ed. du Rocher, 2007), voire Le roman de Cuba (Ed. du Rocher, 2009), sorte de récit de voyage. Une intertextualité très présente tout au long des romans (en particulier la culture italienne, là encore au départ pour des raisons biographiques, très prégnante dans Ballade d'un amour inachevé, Mercure de France, 2013,peut-être un tournant ?), une polyphonie très active (par exemple dans Rue du Faubourg Saint-Denis, Ed. du Rocher, 2005), une vision très polémique, mais aussi comique, voire grotesque, par exemple dans son île natale (dès le premier roman, Le crayon du Bon Dieu n'a pas de gomme, Stock, 1996), invitent à aller plus profondément dans une définition possible de la poétique romanesque selon Dalembert. Tandis que la notion de "réalisme poétique" est empruntée à Glissant, lorsqu'il définit le dépassement du réalisme chez Kateb Yacine, la notion de "néo-baroque" (depuis Severo Sarduy) ou celle de Baroque (de Carpentier à Glissant) permettent à la fois d'éclairer certains effets d'écriture et de relier le "francophone" Dalembert à une tradition ibérique et plus proprement caraïbe."
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Expressivité de l'être : le geste comme langage, un phénomène social entre l'oralité et la singularité ; Expressivité de l'être : le geste comme langage, un phénomène social entre l'oralité et la singularité ; Expressivité de l'être : le geste comme langage, un phénomène social entre l'oralité et la singularité
Auteur(s) : Arrouvel, Rébecca Arrouvel, Rébecca Arrouvel, Rébecca
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Parole du droit et droit à la parole ; Parole du droit et droit à la parole ; Parole du droit et droit à la parole
Auteur(s) : Bernabé, Jean Bernabé, Jean Bernabé, Jean
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Bigidi'Art : un pied de nez à l'histoire ou un art subversif ?
Auteur(s) : Blou, Léna
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Jean Price-Mars et la négritude : d'une filiation revendiquée à l'établissement d'une relation complexe ; Jean Price-Mars et la Négritude : d'une filiation revendiquée à l'établissement d'une relation complexe
Auteur(s) : Byron, Jhon Picard Byron, Jhon Picard
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La biodiversité, un nid pour l'intégration des territoires insulaires caribéens ? ; La biodiversité, un nid pour l'intégration des territoires insulaires caribéens ?
Auteur(s) : Tassius, Thierry Tassius, Thierry
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Approche méthodologique pour évaluer la dérive au sol et dans l'air lors du traitement des bananiers par voie terrestre ; Approche méthodologique pour évaluer la dérive au sol et dans l'air lors du traitement des bananiers par voie terrestre ; Approche méthodologique pour évaluer la dérive au sol et dans l'air lors du traitement des bananiers par voie terrestre
Auteur(s) : Bonicelli, Bernard Bonicelli, Bernard Bonicelli, Bernard
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Éditeur(s) : GFP : Groupe Français des Pesticides GFP : Groupe Français des Pesticides GFP : Groupe Français des Pesticides
Extrait de : "Protection des cultures et santé environnementale : héritages et conceptions nouvelles" : congrès, le 26 mai 2014. Université des Antilles et de la Guyane
Résumé : En tant que labo de référence, le laboratoire d'essai d'Irstea de Montpellier réalise des essais de dérive depuis de nombreuses années. Des campagnes de mesure en laboratoire ont permis d'appréhender la variabilité des mesures et des techniques d'échantillonnage des dépôts au sol. Ces expérimentations ont permis de valider le protocole d'échantillonnage et de mesure des essais de terrain. Par ailleurs, la compilation d'un ensemble de mesures de dérive (Douzals 2012 a et b) a montré qu'il est possible de modéliser la courbe de répartition. L'objet de la communication est d'examiner les outils et les méthodes qui ont été menées dans le cadre du projet FEADER « Optiban, des solutions innovantes pour le traitement des bananiers ». Les expérimentations de laboratoire et de terrains y seront décrites.
En tant que labo de référence, le laboratoire d'essai d'Irstea de Montpellier réalise des essais de dérive depuis de nombreuses années. Des campagnes de mesure en laboratoire ont permis d'appréhender la variabilité des mesures et des techniques d'échantillonnage des dépôts au sol. Ces expérimentations ont permis de valider le protocole d'échantillonnage et de mesure des essais de terrain. Par ailleurs, la compilation d'un ensemble de mesures de dérive (Douzals 2012 a et b) a montré qu'il est possible de modéliser la courbe de répartition. L'objet de la communication est d'examiner les outils et les méthodes qui ont été menées dans le cadre du projet FEADER « Optiban, des solutions innovantes pour le traitement des bananiers ». Les expérimentations de laboratoire et de terrains y seront décrites.
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dLOC Guide : Enhancing Metadata & Creating Context ; Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC) Guide: Enhancing Metadata & Creating Context
Auteur(s) : Taylor, Laurie N.

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School children ferried by boat across Stafford Creek, Andros, Bahamas ; The Bryant Slides Collection ; The Bryant Slides Collection, Bahamas
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Forum with Parliament Members : Students Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination ; Audio Recordings of the Proceedings
Auteur(s) : Caribbean IRN

Résumé : From the PNCR, GAP MPs free to vote conscience on gay rights bill By Johann Earle Stabroek News June 11, 2003 The PNCR will allow its members to vote their conscience on the controversial Constitution (Amendment) Act of 2001 which seeks to prevent discrimination against persons on the basis of their sexual orientation and other grounds. A number of religious organisations are opposed to the passage of the bill because it includes sexual orientation as one of the grounds. They are concerned that it could lead to a legalisation of homosexual relations and demands for recognition of gay marriages among other things. PNCR Member of Parliament (MP) Vincent Alexander told a forum at the National Library on Saturday, that the Bill did not seek to legalise homosexuality, but to ensure that persons would not be discriminated against based on their sexual preferences. He was one of two parliamentarians who showed up - the other being PNCR member, Myrna Peterkin. The forum was organised by Students Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination (SASOD), a group comprising fifteen students from the University of Guyana which was formed about two weeks ago. Alexander expects the vote on the bill to come up before the National Assembly in a matter of months. Paul Hardy, Leader of the Guyana Action Party (GAP), told Stabroek News that his party would not be using the so-called parliamentary whip. He added that GAP took a decision that every member should vote according to his or her own conscience. “We have no right to deny the rights of others based on sexual orientation. [The Bill] will guarantee rights to the homosexual.” GAP is in Parliament as part of an alliance with the Working People’s Alliance. GAP/WPA has two MPs. The bill was met with rejection from some members of the religious community in 2001 and as a result of this, the President did not assent to it. In a statement on Monday, the Central Islamic Organisa-tion of Guyana (CIOG) said that it stood in firm opposition to the Bill. The CIOG says the general purpose of the bill may be commendable and that the organisation’s objection is not based on a willingness to promote discrimination. Rather, the CIOG said, it was based on the fact that specific legal protection on the basis of sexual orientation without definition or qualification gives tacit legitimacy to practices which are considered criminal in Islam. “It is foreseeable that such a legal nod of approval (subtle as it may be) of these practices may pave the way for greater social (or even legal) acceptability in the future which, from the perspective of all Muslims including those in Guyana, is an undesirable and sinful outcome,” the CIOG statement said. At Saturday’s event, Muslim teacher Moulana Mohamed Ali Zenjibari spoke of instances of abuse, discrimination and harsh penalties meted out to gay and lesbian persons in countries such as Iran and Saudi Arabia and noted that the Quran did not sanction such punishments for homosexual behaviour. President of the CIOG, Fazeel Ferouz told Stabroek News that a meeting to discuss a strategy with regards to the bill was planned for tomorrow with various religious groups. Stabroek News tried to get a comment on the issue from the PPP/C but to no avail. ROAR leader, Ravi Dev said that his party was now having discussions on the issue. ROAR feels that it is an important question which has to do with morality and should be discussed across the country. He added legislators had to be in tune with their constituents on the issue. SASOD is lobbying for the legislation through the sensitisation of MPs. Keimo Benjamin, a law student at UG, gave a presentation based on the jurisprudential aspects of the discussion on sexual orientation. He argued that morality should not be the only guiding principle on which to base the laws. Sexual activities between two consenting male adults in private could not be equated with a violation of a person’s rights, he said, making the point that the thrust of his presentation was not whether homosexuality was wrong, but whether it violated the rights of others. He said that the attitudes of some towards this subject were based on preconceived notions and prejudices. He cited studies to show that the suppression of certain perceived deviant sexual impulses in persons might do more harm than good. One Harvard University study of teens who said they were gay indicated that those teens were three times more likely to commit suicide. Vidyaratha Kissoon, of Help and Shelter, in his contribution on Saturday, expressed his displeasure at the low turnout at the forum and urged the parliamentarians who showed up to take the message to their colleagues. He noted that because of homophobia, the numerical minority was terrified of speaking out against instances of discrimination. Gays and lesbians in Guyana were subjected to ridicule and abuse, and walk the streets at night not looking for sex necessarily, but for the companionship of persons who empathise with them. During his presentation, Joel Simpson, another member of SASOD, outlined a number of changes made within national jurisdictions that had international implications. One such crucial change was South Africa’s 1996 adoption of a new constitution, making that country the first in the world to expressly include sexual orientation as a prohibited ground of discrimination. It was the first time a developing country had taken the lead with respect to the rights of sexual minorities. He also said that according to Douglas Sanders, a Canadian jurist, the rights of homosexual, bisexual or transsexual men and women had never been officially recognised by the United Nations, despite the fact that international laws on the issue began to emerge at the close of the Second World War. Simpson said that under Article 170 (5), as amended by Section 8 of the Constitution (Amendment) (No. 4) Act 2000, the President is required to assent to any bill which is returned by the National Assembly unaltered after a two-thirds majority within 90 days of its presentation to him. To the parliamentarians present, Simpson stressed that the onus was now on them to adequately represent their constituents which include lesbian, gay, bisexual and transsexual Guyanese. http://www.landofsixpeoples.com/news301/ns306115.htm and Vote on sexual orientation should be a matter of conscience - MP Alexander By Esther Elijah Guyana Chronicle June 8, 2003 PEOPLE’S National Congress (PNC/R) Member of Parliament Mr. Vincent Alexander, said the Opposition will vote on “conscience” when the piece of legislation on sexual orientation is again brought before the National Assembly. “With specific reference to my party, when this Bill gets back to the Parliament in the spirit of the arguments here, we will not use the `whip’. Our party will not say we have to vote for the provision (in the Sexual Orientation Bill). We will allow our members to vote as a matter of conscience,” he told participants gathered in the Conference Room of the National Library. “We feel this is a matter of conscience. You may end up with a collective position but you have to deal with us individually,” Alexander said at a poorly attended public consultation aimed at gaining support for sexual orientation to be considered a fundamental right in Guyana. Alexander, one of the main persons who sat on the Constitutional Reform Commission that addressed this controversial clause, said the legislation was not meant to legalise homosexual activities in Guyana. “It was intended to ensure that persons who have an orientation - a way of thinking - which may or may not lead to a certain activity, to not be discriminated against, in terms of their rights,” he explained. Alexander noted that very often, discussions on the sexual orientation provision in the Bill have led to seepages into other areas where debates centre on the “right to be homosexual.” “I am saying the Bill does not comment on that… However, law is peculiar, especially in a Common Law system. Once you venture out and change the law, very often you open other windows which we cannot definitively say exist or does not exist in advance,” he said. “The fear of some people is that the legislators might say one thing and the Courts will eventually say something else. While some people can’t argue against the law, per say, they will say this has opened a window of opportunity not meant to be opened. So, it is better to stay without a window than open it and then have a possibility of something you didn’t intend to happen - happening sometime in the future.” Alexander added: “I want to say I’ve found this activity to have been rich from the perspective of the amount of research which was done by student (speakers). Without any comment as to whether I agree with the arguments, I would wish that much more research on other issues be done by students, and that at the University (of Guyana) students would find it convenient to have forums on other issues, with the same depth of research for their own intellectual development.” Alexander and other Opposition M.P, Lurlene Nestor were the only three Parliamentarians in attendance at the session organised by the recently formed `Students Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination’ (SASOD), a group that has a membership of 15 mostly University of Guyana (UG) students from various faculties. SASOD was established two weeks ago. With the exception of members of the press, the consultation only managed to attract 11 persons, a handful of who were SASOD members. While congratulating the students for an “insightful” presentation, Nestor pointed out that whether or not she chooses to agree with their position is “another issue” and she is entitled to her “own view”. “The issue of sexual orientation is very `toucheous’ …while we agree with the human rights provisions and all that as a society, we must also revert to our own society. Some of the very critical questions that I would want to ask is whether or not at the society (level) we are ready for that kind of thing,” she remarked. “We cannot, at (any) time, ignore the religious groups in our society. If we look at statistics going back to 1992 from a survey done by the Bureau of Statistics, we would see that a small section of the Guyanese population might be considered as people who do not subscribe to a religious view. While the laws are not necessarily based on moral values, we must acknowledge the fact that we might want to revert to many of the cases that (concern) laws that protect public morality.” Nestor told the speakers at the consultation these were some of the issues that they needed to deal with. She highlighted, too, that what must be examined is the effects of same-sex marriages on society and how this issue must be tackled. “These are some of the things we should consider and I don’t think you dealt with that in the presentations,” Nestor stated, adding that the issues must be addressed “frontally.” “Do we think that with the coming to being of this Bill that there might be quite a number of challenges to the Constitution in relation to the same issue of a man marrying a man? What do we do at the society (level)? Do we recognise that?” were the questions directed at the five speakers at the session. Nestor continued: “There is some argument that says, `Oh the Bill does not promote homosexuality or does not encourage a man to marry (another) man, but if you look at Section (15) that talks about `non-discrimination’ then how can we not, with the passage of this Bill, allow a man not to marry (another) man.” According to Nestor, matters of this nature constitute some of the “inconsistencies” of the Bill. On the argument raised by presenters at the session on who determines what is morality, Nestor said in the concept of democracy it is the people who are the determinants based on a “line of thinking.” She also rebutted on grounds that put the spotlight on teachers who may have been caught “interfering” with their young students and who may subsequently be dismissed from their jobs. “Could you imagine such a person interfering with a boy below age 10 - and by virtue of the fact that the Bill is there, the judges (in the case) will have to use their discretion in terms of what happens. We will have more Constitutional changes and problems (arising with the passage of the Bill).” SASOD member and law student, Joel Simpson, in reply, said he doesn’t think any homosexual in Guyana wants to “run into a church and ask that people marry them or anything of that sort.” At one point likening the church to a “club”, Simpson claimed the church has the right to exclude whomever it wants. He further stated that in accordance with the Constitution, people of the same sex do not currently have the right to marry, and will also not be able to do such an act with the passage of the Bill. However, Simpson said it is possible that the law, with the passage of the Bill, would have to recognise same-sex domestic partnerships in relation to employment benefits, sharing of properties, etc. Simpson said he believes there should be a realm of “public” and “private” morality between consenting adults, and implied that the Bill did not fully give “rights” to homosexuals. But, Nestor interjected: “I am informing you further…that the Sexual Orientation provision has, in fact, in some way recognised the rights of homosexuals and we must accept that.” Meanwhile, there was no vocal Christian representative(s) at the consultation and apart from the two Opposition representatives none other participant gave comments or directed questions at the presenters. Other speakers in support of the sexual orientation clause were: Moulana Mohammed Ali Zenjiban, Assistant Director of the International Islamic College; Denuka Radzik from Red Thread, Keimo Benjamin, UG law student and Vidyartha Kissoon from Help & Shelter. The Sunday Chronicle has been reliably informed that the Georgetown Ministers Fellowship, representing groups of Christian leaders staunchly against sexual orientation as a right in Guyana, have recently prepared a detailed 16-page document outlining issues arising from research to further boost their argument against the inclusion of the clause. The document is yet to be made public. http://www.landofsixpeoples.com/news301/nc306083.htm

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Facts and documents connected with the late insurrection in Jamaica, and the violations of civil and religious liberty arising out of it
Auteur(s) : Knibb, William

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A building near the coast of Antigua ; The Bryant Slides Collection ; The Bryant Slides Collection, Antigua
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Outline of financial history of the Republic of Haiti
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MaComère ; MaComere
Auteur(s) : Association of Caribbean Women Writers and Scholars

Éditeur(s) : Hyacinth M. Simpson Bowdoin College Hyacinth M. Simpson ( Manitoba, Canada ) Bowdoin College ( Brunswick, ME )
Résumé : The word macomère is widely used by women in the Caribbean to mean "my child's godmother"; "my best friend and close female confindante"; "my bridesmaid, or another female wedding member of a wedding party of which I was a bridesmaid"; "the godmother of the child to whom I am also godmother"; "the woman who, by virtue of the depth of her friendship, has rights and privileges over my child and is a surrogate mother." This name seems appropriate because it so clearly expresses the intimate relations which women in the Caribbean share, is so firmly gendered, and honors the importance of friendship in relation to the important rituals of marriage, birth, and (implied) death. Moreover, macomère is a French Creole word which, although related to the French language, has taken on a structure and meaning which is indigenous to the Caribbean. The word is spelled in this way, instead of in the clearly Creole manner (macumè, makumeh, macoomè, macomeh, and many other variants), so that the female connotations of the word are highlighted and those meanings which apply to males ("a womanish or gossipy man"; "a homosexual") are less obvious. In those islands where Krèol (linguistic term for the French patos) is the first language, the same term is used for both females and males with meaning determined by the context. In islands such as Trinidad, however, where English has overlain Krèol, the Creole (linguistic term for the English patois) has incorporated the redundant my macomè and macomè man, thus reinforcing both the perceptions of intimacy and the female quality of the term. Interestingly enough, Richard Allsopp in The Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage (Oxford University Press, 1996) has indicated the possibility that maku in Belize, with the meaning "midwife", is also derived from macomère. Hence, the word forces us to recall the continuities and correspondences in Caribbean languages and cultures, as well as the dynamic, creative, and transforming power of Creoles. In the purely English-speaking islands, the only comparable term is godmother (usually the mother's best friend). In the Hispanophone Caribbean, there is the similar comadre, although, as we would expect, some of the connotations are different. Join us in continuing to interrogate all the connotations of the meaning inherent in this culturally rich lexical item from the Caribbean Creoles.

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U.S. Dredge Sandpiper excavating in lock site at Myraflores, Panama Canal

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A Potrait of Ignacio Haya.
Auteurs secondaires : Cigar City Collection

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