Stanley Péan et l’interculturalité en diaspora

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dc.identifier	ECF_article_1481
dc.title	Stanley Péan et l’interculturalité en diaspora. Musique, zombis et marasa pour une haïtianité revisitée.
dc.contributor.author	Fianco Fabiana
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing
dc.type	Research Article
dc.language.iso	fr
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/riviste/il-tolomeo/2018/1/stanley-pean-et-linterculturalite-en-diaspora/
dc.description.abstract	In spite of being viewed as a young writer until the ’90s, Stanley Péan is now known as one of the most distinctive and established voices in the Haitian-Canadian literary scene. The pivotal moment in his career happened in 1996, when Zombi Blues was published. This novel displays a cultural space in which Haitian traditions and Canadian modernity converge and allow intercultural exchange to take place. Drawing from this perspective, the following article aims to analyse how Péan creates a fictional universe through the blending of cultural elements. Using the collection of myths and beliefs that permeate the Haitian and African cultural panorama as a reference point, we will investigate the ways in which Péan adapted and transposed these traditions to the Haitian diasporic context. Particular attention will be given to the use of jazz and African American music, as well as to the reinterpretation of mythological creatures such as the zombie and the marasa twins. Hence, the article tries to show how Péan’s cultural crossroad contributes to the foundation of a new literary interpretation of Haitianity.
dc.relation.ispartof	Il Tolomeo
dc.relation.ispartof	Vol. 20 \| December 2018
dc.issued	2018-12-21
dc.dateAccepted	2018-09-03
dc.dateSubmitted	2018-07-24
dc.identifier.issn
dc.identifier.eissn	2499-5975
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/Tol/2499-5975/2018/20/012
dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Diaspora
dc.subject	Diaspora
dc.subject	Fantastic
dc.subject	Fantastic
dc.subject	Haïtianité
dc.subject	Haïtianité
dc.subject	Interculturalism
dc.subject	Interculturalism
dc.subject	Marasa and zombie
dc.subject	Marasa and zombie
dc.subject	Music and semiotics
dc.subject	Music and semiotics
dc.subject	Stanley Péan
dc.subject	Stanley Péan

Research Article
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Musique, zombis et marasa pour une haïtianité revisitée.

Fabiana Fianco Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia

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abstract

In spite of being viewed as a young writer until the ’90s, Stanley Péan is now known as one of the most distinctive and established voices in the Haitian-Canadian literary scene. The pivotal moment in his career happened in 1996, when Zombi Blues was published. This novel displays a cultural space in which Haitian traditions and Canadian modernity converge and allow intercultural exchange to take place. Drawing from this perspective, the following article aims to analyse how Péan creates a fictional universe through the blending of cultural elements. Using the collection of myths and beliefs that permeate the Haitian and African cultural panorama as a reference point, we will investigate the ways in which Péan adapted and transposed these traditions to the Haitian diasporic context. Particular attention will be given to the use of jazz and African American music, as well as to the reinterpretation of mythological creatures such as the zombie and the marasa twins. Hence, the article tries to show how Péan’s cultural crossroad contributes to the foundation of a new literary interpretation of Haitianity.

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Dec. 21, 2018

Accepted

Sept. 3, 2018

Submitted

July 24, 2018

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Keywords: Marasa and zombie • Interculturalism • Fantastic • Stanley Péan • Diaspora • Music and semiotics • Haïtianité

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