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Going beyond “racial difference” The anthropological curiosity of Alexandre Dumas

  • Publication type: Journal article
  • Journal: Cahiers Alexandre Dumas
    2023, n° 50
    . Dumas, écrire noir ou blanc
  • Author: Van Neste (Steffie)
  • Abstract: This article explores the hypothesis that Dumas constructs in his novels an idea of social and racial equality that is nourished by a monogenist vision of man and “races”. If the differences between men are, for Dumas, due to chance, circumstances and climate, he emphasises that men of different origins can easily coexist: mixing, hybridisation is an asset for him.
  • Pages: 49 to 61
  • Journal: Alexandre Dumas Studies
  • CLIL theme: 4027 -- SCIENCES HUMAINES ET SOCIALES, LETTRES -- Lettres et Sciences du langage -- Lettres -- Etudes littéraires générales et thématiques
  • EAN: 9782406164418
  • ISBN: 978-2-406-16441-8
  • ISSN: 2275-2986
  • DOI: 10.48611/isbn.978-2-406-16441-8.p.0049
  • Publisher: Classiques Garnier
  • Online publication: 02-07-2024
  • Periodicity: Annual
  • Language: French
  • Keyword: Dumas, novel, race, anthropology, hybridization