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Explore the complex interplay between slavery, colonialism, and miscegenation in the American Caribbean through the works of scholars like Ramon Saldivar and Albert Memmi. Delve into the impact of these systems on the colonial subject, as well as the implications for identity, race, class, and misogyny. Analyze the themes of power, dominance, exclusion, and racism in the context of the colonial experience in Haiti and the Caribbean. Unpack the significance of race as a contested category and identity as both an ethical commitment and a subjective assignment.
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Slavery, Colonialism, Miscegenation Ramon Saldivar Stanford University
The Colonial Subject • The American Caribbean • The Colonizer and the Colonized, Albert Memmi • Haiti and Caribbean colonial Society • Mulattos and Mestizos Slavery, Colonialism, Miscegenation
Sutpen and American Racism • Race as “A kind of speculative antagonism” Absalom, p. 186 • Race and the Enactment of Identity • Race not an essential category • Identity as ethical commitment and subjective assignment • Race, Class, and Misogyny Slavery, Colonialism, Miscegenation
The Rule of the White Father • The contradictions of exclusion • The seduction of power and dominance • The boy-symbol at the door Slavery, Colonialism, Miscegenation
