One island, two landscapes

Marie Redon (1)

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This article investigates the impacts and implications of the imposition of national boundaries across islands that were unified and homogenous prior to political partition by western colonial powers. The article explores these aspects with regard to two politically divided Caribbean islands : Quisqueya (shared between Haiti and the Dominican Republic) and the Island of Saint-Martin/Sint Maarten (whose different spellings reflect the French and Dutch ownership of separate parts of the Island). The article examines the creation of 'Otherness' on either side of the borders and the manner in which territorial 'Others' sharing the same island space develop mechanisms for both separation and interaction.

Domaines: Géographie

Marie Redon. One island, two landscapes. Shima : The International Journal of Research into Island Cultures., 2011, 5 (2), p. 68-85. ⟨hal-00802130⟩