Doudous
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Doudous (as referenced) presents a protagonist inheriting teachings to maintain silence and family cohesion, showing resilience as an imposed burden that silences women.
Boum-Maké reads the book as illustrating the extreme costs of the potomitan ideal: the protagonist sacrifices herself, suggesting the need to imagine alternatives to sacrificial care.
The episode contrasts this text with others that offer less catastrophic models of female subjectivity.
Bibliographic specifics and exact author name variants are unclear from the transcript, so the book is presented primarily as a thematic example.
Boum-Maké reads the book as illustrating the extreme costs of the potomitan ideal: the protagonist sacrifices herself, suggesting the need to imagine alternatives to sacrificial care.
The episode contrasts this text with others that offer less catastrophic models of female subjectivity.
Bibliographic specifics and exact author name variants are unclear from the transcript, so the book is presented primarily as a thematic example.
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Jennifer Boum-Maké
Jennifer Boum Make, "Decolonial Care: Reimagining Caregiving in the French Caribbean" (Rutgers UP, 2025)
