Felix Germain
Biographic Data
| ID | 653072 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Felix Germain |
| GIVEN NAMES | Felix |
| FAMILY NAME | Germain |
| SIGNATURE | GERMAIN F |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of North Carolina at Charlotte |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
French Fears of African-Americanization in a Historical Context
In France of the postwar era, African-American organizations and individuals fighting for integration in the United States aligned with French “post-colonial” politics. However, African Americans individuals and organizations who opposed integration and promoted the development of self-sustaining African-American communities represented an active threat to the French government. The Nation of Islam, Malcolm X, and the Black Power movement embodie…
A Black Panther in the Tropics
Like most young men of the postwar era, Pierre-Just Marny (1943–2011), a Martinican man of humble origin, expected to reap the benefits of departmentalization. But in the late 1950s, against all expectations, he became an outlaw. In 1965, after committing violent crimes, he called himself La Panthère Noire (the Black Panther), a Hollywood-inspired name characterizing his courage and fearlessness. Marny, who has fallen through the cracks of French…
Black French Women and the Struggle for Equality, 1848-2016
Jean-Philippe Dedieu. La parole immigrée
There is a rich literature on immigrants in postwar and contemporary French society. As indicated by Alain Girard and Jean Stoetzel’s Français et immigrés, vol. 1: L’attitude française, l’adaptation des italiens et des polonaise (1953) and Gérard Noiriel’s The French Melting Pot: Immigration, Citizenship, and National Identity (1996), two texts published decades apart, French scholars across disciplines have treated immigration as a valid subject…
Decolonizing the Republic
Malcolm X at Oxford Union
A “New” Black Nationalism in the USA and France
The Earthquake, the Missionaries, and the Future of Vodou
Although Duvalier used Vodou to legitimize his brutal dictatorship, the religion has traditionally empowered Haitians, particularly people from the poorest segments of the population. Historically, at Bois Caïman, Vodou inspired Haitians to rebel against the French for their freedom, and more recently Vodou priests and priestesses have served as healers, counselors, and mediators between rival families. In a highly patriarchal society, Vodou empo…
“Presidents of Color,” Globalization, and Social Inequality
In this era of globalization, social inequality based on racial attributes is increasingly perceived as anachronistic. Moreover, citizens of racially diverse countries have gained a new consciousness, which occasionally translates into electing a president from a racially underrepresented group. However, although members of these racially underrepresented groups have obtained presidential appointments, racism and social inequality persist. This a…
Jezebels and Victims
This article demonstrates that in the post–World War II period the bodies of Guadeloupean and Martinican women served as a tool to implement new French “development” policies affecting Guadeloupe and Martinique. Immigration officials hoped to improve the women's socioeconomic conditions by encouraging them to migrate to France where they could earn higher wages. By contrast, the women's bodies became a battlefield for Caribbean male nationalists,…
A Black Panther in the Tropics
Like most young men of the postwar era, Pierre-Just Marny (1943–2011), a Martinican man of humble origin, expected to reap the benefits of departmentalization. But in the late 1950s, against all expectations, he became an outlaw. In 1965, after committing violent crimes, he called himself La Panthère Noire (the Black Panther), a Hollywood-inspired name characterizing his courage and fearlessness. Marny, who has fallen through the cracks of French…
Malcolm X at Oxford Union
A “New” Black Nationalism in the USA and France
Jezebels and Victims
This article demonstrates that in the post–World War II period the bodies of Guadeloupean and Martinican women served as a tool to implement new French “development” policies affecting Guadeloupe and Martinique. Immigration officials hoped to improve the women's socioeconomic conditions by encouraging them to migrate to France where they could earn higher wages. By contrast, the women's bodies became a battlefield for Caribbean male nationalists,…
“Presidents of Color,” Globalization, and Social Inequality
In this era of globalization, social inequality based on racial attributes is increasingly perceived as anachronistic. Moreover, citizens of racially diverse countries have gained a new consciousness, which occasionally translates into electing a president from a racially underrepresented group. However, although members of these racially underrepresented groups have obtained presidential appointments, racism and social inequality persist. This a…
Jezebels and Victims
This article demonstrates that in the post–World War II period the bodies of Guadeloupean and Martinican women served as a tool to implement new French “development” policies affecting Guadeloupe and Martinique. Immigration officials hoped to improve the women's socioeconomic conditions by encouraging them to migrate to France where they could earn higher wages. By contrast, the women's bodies became a battlefield for Caribbean male nationalists,…
The Earthquake, the Missionaries, and the Future of Vodou
Although Duvalier used Vodou to legitimize his brutal dictatorship, the religion has traditionally empowered Haitians, particularly people from the poorest segments of the population. Historically, at Bois Caïman, Vodou inspired Haitians to rebel against the French for their freedom, and more recently Vodou priests and priestesses have served as healers, counselors, and mediators between rival families. In a highly patriarchal society, Vodou empo…
A “New” Black Nationalism in the USA and France
Malcolm X at Oxford Union
Decolonizing the Republic
Jean-Philippe Dedieu. La parole immigrée
There is a rich literature on immigrants in postwar and contemporary French society. As indicated by Alain Girard and Jean Stoetzel’s Français et immigrés, vol. 1: L’attitude française, l’adaptation des italiens et des polonaise (1953) and Gérard Noiriel’s The French Melting Pot: Immigration, Citizenship, and National Identity (1996), two texts published decades apart, French scholars across disciplines have treated immigration as a valid subject…
Black French Women and the Struggle for Equality, 1848-2016
A Black Panther in the Tropics
Like most young men of the postwar era, Pierre-Just Marny (1943–2011), a Martinican man of humble origin, expected to reap the benefits of departmentalization. But in the late 1950s, against all expectations, he became an outlaw. In 1965, after committing violent crimes, he called himself La Panthère Noire (the Black Panther), a Hollywood-inspired name characterizing his courage and fearlessness. Marny, who has fallen through the cracks of French…
French Fears of African-Americanization in a Historical Context
In France of the postwar era, African-American organizations and individuals fighting for integration in the United States aligned with French “post-colonial” politics. However, African Americans individuals and organizations who opposed integration and promoted the development of self-sustaining African-American communities represented an active threat to the French government. The Nation of Islam, Malcolm X, and the Black Power movement embodie…
Political science (9 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Law (7 works) · Ethnology (6 works) · Gender Studies (6 works) · Politics (6 works) · History (5 works) · History (5 works) · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis (4 works) · Law (4 works)