Segregación, racismo y discriminación en Corazón que ríe, corazón que llora de Maryse Condé

Richard Leonardo

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

Authors

Richard Leonardo Universidad Nacional Federico Villarreal

Keywords:

Maryse Condé, Laughing heart, crying heart, Afro-Caribbean literature, segregation, racism, discrimination

Abstract

The article addresses Heart that laughs, heart that cries by the Guadeloupean writer Maryse Condé. The objective is to reflect on the fictional status of said book and study some of the meanings that run through it, such as: segregation, racism and discrimination. To do this, the analysis focuses on three texts that are part of this volume: “Family Portrait”, “History Class” and “The Teacher and Margarite”. The theoretical contributions of Frantz Fanon, Slavoj Žižek, George Lukács, 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.

Author Biography

Richard Leonardo, Universidad Nacional Federico Villarreal

Ph.D. in Literature from the National University of San Marcos (Lima, Peru). He studied Literature at the National University of San Agustín (Arequipa). His current research interests include ethnoracial identities, Afro-descendant literatures and cultures, sexual diversity, masculinities, and gender representations. He is currently a lecturer at the National University Federico Villarreal and the Peruvian University of Applied Sciences (UPC).

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Published

2025-06-17

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No. 44 (2025): July-December

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Monographic: Afro-Caribbean Sea Letters

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