Breadfruit or Chestnut? examines gender construction comparatively
across the fiction of contemporary writers of Guadeloupe and
Martinique. In particular, it explores the construction of gender
identity by six authors-three male and three female-who have never
been brought together in a study of this issue. Rather than
following the trend of studying theory and cultural identity in the
central male writers and of studying 'women's writing' in the works
of the female writers, Thomas expertly blurs these traditional
boundaries in order to present an unexplored aspect of identity. In
addition to illuminating women's conception of gender, this work
examines the male equivalent and how each gender observes and
perceives the other. Breadfruit or Chestnut? not only
contextualizes the primary literature, but also draws on
contemporary theoretical debates surrounding feminism,
subjectivity, and postcolonialism. The combination of literary and
historical tools of analysis allows for a deeper probing into
gender relations in the French Caribbean.
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