TY - JOUR KW - Political science -- Political philosophy -- Political ideologies KW - Religion -- Spiritual belief systems -- Christianity KW - Behavioral sciences -- Sociology -- Human societies KW - Arts -- Literature -- Literary genres KW - Arts -- Literature -- Literary elements KW - Arts -- Literature -- Literary devices KW - Arts -- Performing arts -- Theater KW - Behavioral sciences -- Psychology -- Cognitive psychology KW - Religion -- Theology -- Practical theology KW - Social sciences -- Human geography -- Political geography AU - Marie Nzengou-Tayo AB - Since the late seventies, Haitians have migrated toward the Eastern Caribbean and sometimes as far as the Guianas. Today, Haitian communities are present almost everywhere whithin the circum-Caribbean region. Isolated and estranged from the local population, Haitians try to survive and assist their families left at home. Invisible and humiliated migrants, they appear in fictional works very often as symbols of the predicament of the region. This paper examine the part played by a group of Haitians who join a community led by a Guadeloupean ' guru' in Maryse Condé's La colonie du nouveau monde. It seeks to identify the symbolic meaning ascribed to their experience by Condé. IS - 1 N2 - Since the late seventies, Haitians have migrated toward the Eastern Caribbean and sometimes as far as the Guianas. Today, Haitian communities are present almost everywhere whithin the circum-Caribbean region. Isolated and estranged from the local population, Haitians try to survive and assist their families left at home. Invisible and humiliated migrants, they appear in fictional works very often as symbols of the predicament of the region. This paper examine the part played by a group of Haitians who join a community led by a Guadeloupean ' guru' in Maryse Condé's La colonie du nouveau monde. It seeks to identify the symbolic meaning ascribed to their experience by Condé. PY - 2009 SN - 00086495 SP - 61 EP - 74 EP - T2 - Caribbean Quarterly TI - "La colonie du nouveau monde : Condé's Pessimistic Views of a Caribbean Utopian Community." VL - 55 ER - The website encountered an unexpected error. Please try again later.