Les autres pirates des Caraïbes : transtextualités transatlantiques chez Michel Séligny (1807-1867), écrivain créole de la Nouvelle-Orléans
In pre-Civil War Louisiana, texts denouncing slavery were extremely rare, largely because of laws limiting freedom of expression on the topic. This article examines a noteworthy, if discreet, exception: the short story “Un pirate,” written in 1853 by Michel Séligny, a free man of color. Taking into...
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| description | In pre-Civil War Louisiana, texts denouncing slavery were extremely rare, largely because of laws limiting freedom of expression on the topic. This article examines a noteworthy, if discreet, exception: the short story “Un pirate,” written in 1853 by Michel Séligny, a free man of color. Taking into account the ambiguous status of free gens de couleur, our study contextualizes and analyzes narrative strategies employed in the fictional representation of the exploits of slave-trading privateers in local history, to the effect of contesting their role in popular memory; such techniques include the appropriation, through rewriting, of a novella by French author Eugène Sue. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-b2a95478a35541678e184e70924432d92025-01-30T10:46:17ZengAssociation Française d'Etudes AméricainesTransatlantica1765-27662018-12-01110.4000/transatlantica.9585Les autres pirates des Caraïbes : transtextualités transatlantiques chez Michel Séligny (1807-1867), écrivain créole de la Nouvelle-OrléansClint BruceIn pre-Civil War Louisiana, texts denouncing slavery were extremely rare, largely because of laws limiting freedom of expression on the topic. This article examines a noteworthy, if discreet, exception: the short story “Un pirate,” written in 1853 by Michel Séligny, a free man of color. Taking into account the ambiguous status of free gens de couleur, our study contextualizes and analyzes narrative strategies employed in the fictional representation of the exploits of slave-trading privateers in local history, to the effect of contesting their role in popular memory; such techniques include the appropriation, through rewriting, of a novella by French author Eugène Sue.https://journals.openedition.org/transatlantica/9585slaveryLouisianatransatlanticpiratesMichel SélignyEugène Sue |
| spellingShingle | Clint Bruce Les autres pirates des Caraïbes : transtextualités transatlantiques chez Michel Séligny (1807-1867), écrivain créole de la Nouvelle-Orléans Transatlantica slavery Louisiana transatlantic pirates Michel Séligny Eugène Sue |
| title | Les autres pirates des Caraïbes : transtextualités transatlantiques chez Michel Séligny (1807-1867), écrivain créole de la Nouvelle-Orléans |
| title_full | Les autres pirates des Caraïbes : transtextualités transatlantiques chez Michel Séligny (1807-1867), écrivain créole de la Nouvelle-Orléans |
| title_fullStr | Les autres pirates des Caraïbes : transtextualités transatlantiques chez Michel Séligny (1807-1867), écrivain créole de la Nouvelle-Orléans |
| title_full_unstemmed | Les autres pirates des Caraïbes : transtextualités transatlantiques chez Michel Séligny (1807-1867), écrivain créole de la Nouvelle-Orléans |
| title_short | Les autres pirates des Caraïbes : transtextualités transatlantiques chez Michel Séligny (1807-1867), écrivain créole de la Nouvelle-Orléans |
| title_sort | les autres pirates des caraibes transtextualites transatlantiques chez michel seligny 1807 1867 ecrivain creole de la nouvelle orleans |
| topic | slavery Louisiana transatlantic pirates Michel Séligny Eugène Sue |
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