Segregation, racism and discrimination in Corazón que ríe, corazón que llora by Maryse Condé

Loayza R.A.L. · Eidos (2025) · DOI: 10.14482/eidos.44.519.564

Resumen

The article addresses Corazón que ríe, corazón que llora by the Guadeloupean writer Maryse Condé. The objective is to analyze some of the meanings of this book, such as segregation, racism, and discrimination. To do this, the analysis focuses on three texts that are part of this volume: “Retrato de familia”, “Clase de historia”, and “La maestra y Margarite”. The theoretical contributions of Frantz Fanon, Slavoj Žižek, George Lukács, and Axel Honneth, to name just some of the most important authors, are appealed to. One conclusion of the analysis is that Condé’s texts show that the supposed social assimilation of the Antillean black, promoted by France, is an ideological fantasy whose mission is to prevent the rebellion of this ethno-racial subject. Reality shows that, despite time, segregation, racism, and discrimination by the French towards people of African descent in Guadeloupe continue.

Instituciones: Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas