Balafres et rituel de mort Métissage, politique et identités québécoises dans Rouge, mère et fils et Fugueuses de Suzanne Jacob

This article offers, through the joint analysis of Suzanne Jacob’s novels Rouge, mère et fils (2001) and Fugueuses (2005), a reflection on representations of interbreeding and cultural mixing in fiction and in essay form. The figures of a multiple and composite Québécois identity are analyzed—as well as the filiations that are imposed and chosen, misappropriated or betrayed. More broadly, the implications of studying the figure of the Amerindian and interbreeding/cultural mixing in Quebec studies are considered.