Author: VERGES, FRANÇOISE
Title: Monsters and Revolutionaries - Colonial Family Romance and Métissage
Description: Durham, North Carolina, Duke University Press. 1999, First Edition. (ISBN: 0822322943). Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A clean and unmarked copy which has light creasong to corners. xvii + 395 pages. In the book the author analyzes the complex relationship between the colonizer and colonized on the Indian Ocean island of Réunion. Through novels, iconography, and texts from various disciplines including law, medicine, and psychology, Vergès constructs a political and cultural history of the island's relations with France. Woven throughout is Vergès's own family history, which is ultimately tied to the history of Réunion itself. Originally settled by sugar plantation owners and their Indian and African slaves following a 17th century French colonial decree, Réunion abolished slavery in 1848. Because plantation owners continued to import workers from India, Africa, Asia, and Madagascar, the island was defined as a place based on mixed heritages, or Métissage. S. Very Good/No Jacket.

Keywords: Island of Reunion, French Colonialism, Sugar Plantations, Slavery 0822322943


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