Ina Césaire

Ina Césaire (born in 1942 in Martinique) is a Martiniquais playwright and ethnographer.[1] In her 1981 article "Littérature orale et contes",[2] "she discusses how Caribbean story tales are true 'révélateur' of that [Caribbean] spirit and affirms that the role of Caribbean folktale is to represent the culture."[3]

She is the daughter of Aimé Césaire. Her mother, Suzanne Césaire is a Martiniquais writer whose work is connected with the Francophone Negritude movement.[4]

Works

Plays
  • Mémoires d'Isles, Maman N. et Maman F. Paris: Editions Caribéennes, 1985.
  • L'Enfant des Passages ou la Geste de Ti-Jean. Paris: Editions Caribéennes, 1987.
  • La Maison close (inéd.). création 1991.
  • Rosanie Soleil. Paris: Soc. Des Auteurs et Compositeurs Dramatiques, 1992. création 1992.

In English
  • "Island Memories". Translation, Christiane Makward et J. Miller. Plays by French and Francophone Women. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1994: 49–74. ISBN 978-0-472-08258-2
  • "Fire's Daughters (Rosanie Soleil)". Translation. Judith G. Miller: New French Language Plays. New York: Ubu Repertory Theatre, 1993: 1–53.

Novels
  • Zonzon Tête Carrée. Monaco: Ed. du Rocher, 1994 ISBN 978-2-268-01801-0; Monaco: Alphée/Le Serpent à Plumes, 2004.

Reviews

References
  1. "Ina Césaire". 2002-11-23.
  2. Césaire, Ina (1981). "Littérature orale et contes". L'Historial Antillais, Guadeloupe et Martinique. Des Îles Aux Homes. 1: 479–490.
  3. Vété-Congolo, Hanétha (June 2007). "Caribbean Storytales: a Methodology for Resistance". Anthurium: A Caribbean Studies Journal. 5: 1–14.
  4. Kent, Alicia (2011). "Race, Gender, and Comparative Black Modernism: Suzanne Lacascade, Marita Bonner, Suzanne Césaire, Dorothy West (review)". Legacy: A Journal of American Women Writers. 28: 143–145 – via Project MUSE.


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