Who Belongs to Whom?: Codes, Property, and Ownership in Madame Charles Reybaud's "Les Épaves"
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
Spring 2011
Abstract
rench Romantic writer Madame Charles Reybaud explores the coupling of gender and race by depicting the legal restrictions imposed upon married women and slaves in her novella "Les Épaves" (1838). Both groups have a lack of power and are treated as inferior in a colonial, patriarchal society. This article examines the parallels between Madame Éléonore de la Rebelière, the Creole wife of a Belgian plantation owner, and Donatien, a former slave. They are both subordinated by Monsieur de la Rebelière: Donatien because of being a mixed-race épave and Éléonore because of her status as a married, Creole woman.
Publication Title
Nineteenth-Century French Studies
Volume
39
Issue
3-4
First Page
229
Last Page
239
DOI of Published Version
10.1353/ncf.2011.0031
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Recommended Citation
Enz, Molly Krueger, "Who Belongs to Whom?: Codes, Property, and Ownership in Madame Charles Reybaud's "Les Épaves"" (2011). School of American and Global Studies Faculty Publications with a Focus on Modern Languages and Global Studies. 23.
https://openprairie.sdstate.edu/mlgs_pubs/23