Introduction -- 1. "Black skin, white masks" in nineteenth-century France: Alexandre Dumas and his experiences as an exotic other, 1829-1870 -- 2. A hero of assimilation: Alexandre Dumas and the French Caribbean, 1848-1930 -- 3. Creating a local black identity in a global context: Alexandre Dumas as an African American lieu de mémoire, 1840-1930 -- 4. Forgetting Alexandre Dumas: négritude and the French Caribbean and Africa in the mid-twentieth century, 1930-1970 -- 5. Alexandre Dumas Métissé: celebrating Dumas as symbol of a diverse France, 1946-2002.
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"Alexandre Dumas (1802-1870) faced racial prejudice in his homeland of France and constantly strove to find a sense of belonging. "Monte Cristo" symbolized this elusive quest. Exiled to the margins of society, 19th and 20th century black intellectuals from the Caribbean and Africa drew on Dumas' work and celebrity to renegotiate their full acceptance as French citizens"--