Abstract

FENDLER, Ute. Narrating the indian ocean: challenging the circuits of migrating notions. Diacrítica [online]. 2013, vol.27, n.3, pp.17-28. ISSN 0807-8967.

This paper presents an outline of the parallels between the Atlantic and the Indian Ocean seen from a cultural studies’ perspective. The discussion will highlight some concepts, such as Créolie, Coolitude and Créolité which were created to grasp the specificity of the cultural consequences of forced migration and the imposed contact among a multitude of cultures in the two regions. Secondly, insularity will be presented as an in-between space of contact between cultures where knowledge is generated, negotiated and transmitted via its narration. This process will be analysed as an example of Créolité in the context of the Indian Ocean, taking as case study the three volumes of Enlacement(s) (2013) by the Malagasy writer Jean-Luc Raharimanana.

Keywords : Créolité; Poetics of Relation; Indian Ocean Studies; Malagasy literature.

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