"Extremely well written, with a wonderful balance between impeccable scholarship and theoretical sophistication, "The Libertine Colony" is a very important contribution to postcolonial studies and the study of Caribbean literature and history."--Peter Hulme, author of "Remnants of Conquest: The Island Caribs and their Visitors, 1877-1998"

Illustrations ix
Preface xi
Introduction: Creolization in the Old Regime 1
1. Border of Violence, Border of Desire: The French and the Island Caribs 39
2. Domestication and the White Noble Savage 93
3. Creolization and the Spirit World: Demons, Violence, and the Body 146
4. The Libertine Colony: Desire, Miscegenation, and the Law 194
5. Race, Reproduction, and Family Romance in Saint-Domingue 240
Conclusion 293
Notes 299
Works Cited 371
Index 401

Doris Garraway is Assistant Professor of French at Northwestern University.