Jacqueline Couti is the Laurence H. Favrot Professor of French Studies at Rice University. Her research and teaching interests delve into the transatlantic and transnational interconnections between cultural productions from continental France and its now former colonies.

• Introduction Chercher la femme: Traces of an Ever-Present Absence 1. The (White) Female Creole Body: Bearer of Culture and Cultural Signifier 2. Falling from Grace: Creole Gothic, Flawed Femininity, and The Collapse of Civilization Coda I (Re)writing History: Revival of the Declining Creole Nation and Transatlantic Ties 3. Sexualizing and Darkening Black Female Bodies: Whose Imagined Community? 4. Colonial Democracy and Fin de Siècle Martinique: The Third Republic and White Creole Dissent Coda II Heritage and Legacies NotesGlossary BibliographyIndex

'This is the first book entirely devoted to an original and thorough examination of literary texts produced by békés (white Creoles) and non-Creole French travellers...Dangerous Creole Liaisons is an indispensable reference for scholars and students keen on working beyond mainstream Francophone Caribbean literature, and revisiting the underpinnings of Caribbean critical theory andliterary aesthetics.'Anny Dominique Curtius, New West Indian Guide

Jacqueline Couti is the Laurence H. Favrot Professor of French Studies at Rice University. Her research and teaching interests delve into the transatlantic and transnational interconnections between cultural productions from continental France and its now former colonies.

• Introduction Chercher la femme: Traces of an Ever-Present Absence 1. The (White) Female Creole Body: Bearer of Culture and Cultural Signifier 2. Falling from Grace: Creole Gothic, Flawed Femininity, and The Collapse of Civilization Coda I (Re)writing History: Revival of the Declining Creole Nation and Transatlantic Ties 3. Sexualizing and Darkening Black Female Bodies: Whose Imagined Community? 4. Colonial Democracy and Fin de Siècle Martinique: The Third Republic and White Creole Dissent Coda II Heritage and Legacies NotesGlossary BibliographyIndex

'This is the first book entirely devoted to an original and thorough examination of literary texts produced by békés (white Creoles) and non-Creole French travellers...Dangerous Creole Liaisons is an indispensable reference for scholars and students keen on working beyond mainstream Francophone Caribbean literature, and revisiting the underpinnings of Caribbean critical theory andliterary aesthetics.'Anny Dominique Curtius, New West Indian Guide

Jacqueline Couti is the Laurence H. Favrot Professor of French Studies at Rice University. Her research and teaching interests delve into the transatlantic and transnational interconnections between cultural productions from continental France and its now former colonies.

• Introduction Chercher la femme: Traces of an Ever-Present Absence 1. The (White) Female Creole Body: Bearer of Culture and Cultural Signifier 2. Falling from Grace: Creole Gothic, Flawed Femininity, and The Collapse of Civilization Coda I (Re)writing History: Revival of the Declining Creole Nation and Transatlantic Ties 3. Sexualizing and Darkening Black Female Bodies: Whose Imagined Community? 4. Colonial Democracy and Fin de Siècle Martinique: The Third Republic and White Creole Dissent Coda II Heritage and Legacies NotesGlossary BibliographyIndex

'This is the first book entirely devoted to an original and thorough examination of literary texts produced by békés (white Creoles) and non-Creole French travellers...Dangerous Creole Liaisons is an indispensable reference for scholars and students keen on working beyond mainstream Francophone Caribbean literature, and revisiting the underpinnings of Caribbean critical theory andliterary aesthetics.'Anny Dominique Curtius, New West Indian Guide