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HOMEWORK 13 – French Caribbean - READING: Kristen Stromberg Childers, Seeking Imperialism's Embrace: National Identity, Decolonization, and Assimilation in the French Caribbean, Oxford University Press, 2016, pp. 1-12. a) Who was proposing departmentalization for the French Antilles? Why did he want this to happen? (2-3 sentences) b) Why does the author refer to departmentalization as a "special form" of decolonization? (2-3 sentences) c) Who are the békés in the French Antilles? (1-2 sentences) d) Why do you think French identity becomes more "complex" when Antillean people refer to themselves as being "French"? (2-3 sentences)

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