Chapter One. Border of Violence, Border of Desire: The French and the Island Caribs

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations ix
4. Preface xi
5. Introduction: Creolization in the Old Regime 1
6. Chapter One. Border of Violence, Border of Desire: The French and the Island Caribs 39
7. Chapter Two. Domestication and the White Noble Savage 93
8. Chapter Three. Creolization and the Spirit World: Demons, Violence, and the Body 146
9. Chapter Four. The Libertine Colony: Desire, Miscegenation, and the Law 194
10. Chapter Five. Race, Reproduction, and Family Romance in Saint-Domingue 240
11. Conclusion 293
12. Notes 299
13. Works Cited 371
14. Index 401