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The Island Martinique - National Geographic Directions
Author: John Edgar Wideman

In this compelling travel memoir, author John Edgar Wideman explores Martinique’s seductive natural beauty and culture, as well as its vexed history of colonial violence and racism. Attempting to decipher the strange, alluring mixture of African and European that is Creole, he and his French traveling companion develop a powerful attraction... more »

ISBN-13: 9780792265337
ISBN-10: 0792265335
Publication Date: 2/1/2003
Pages: 192
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Publisher: National Geographic
Book Type: Hardcover
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Pinky B. (sckuba) reviewed The Island: Martinique (National Geographic Directions) on 8/30/2009 + 16 more book reviews

....a travel memoire,where he shows us martinique;an island paradise,haunted by racial cruelty and natural disasters.beauty and brutality exotic vistas shadowed by centuries of exploitation,and a pulse of race consciousness...

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Literature & Fiction >> World Literature >> United States >> Black & African American >> Wideman, John Edgar
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