FRENCH 089 - Ghosts, spirits and freaks of the Creole world: Bolom soungas ek soucouyants

Reading novels, plays, tales and stories from the Creole world (Caribbean, Indian Ocean and Louisiana), we will explore the inhuman in all its manifestations: the preternatural such as spirits, ghosts and zombies, and the aberrant such as human-animal hybrids and “freaks” displayed in colonial human zoos. Through the lens of the inhuman, we will discuss colonial brutality, precolonial worldviews and their evolution post-colonization, and decolonial and alternative forms of knowledge.

Course conducted in French.