MARTINIQUE - Type et Costume Créole National Museum of African American History and Culture

The title of this French colonial postcard (GUADELOUPE. - Type n° 7) exemplifies the standard naming structure that categorized “exotic” native subjects in the form of ethnic and occupational “types.” Presenting the image subjects in this way conveyed the perception of them as “tame” colonial subjects capable of assimilation into European ways of life. The colonial postcard, popular in the first two decades of the 20th century, came to represent both the technological triumphs of western photography – in printing and mass production – and the political triumphs of European conquest and expansion. These postcards also promoted tourism to the French Caribbean, painting the region as a safe, favorable, and exotic travel destination.

Madras and Muslin Meet Europe

1770-96 – Agostino Brunias, Free Women of Color with Their Children and Servants in a Landscape

Martinique - Wikipedia

Collection National Museum of African American History and Culture

Collection National Museum of African American History and Culture

Culture of Martinique - history, people, women, beliefs, food, customs, family, social, dress

The Jumbies' Playing Ground: Old World Influences on Afro-Creole Masquerades in the Eastern Caribbean 1617036110, 9781617036118

Collection National Museum of African American History and Culture

MARTINIQUE - Type et Costume Créole National Museum of African American History and Culture