Jennifer Boum Make, "Decolonial Care: Reimagining Caregiving in the French Caribbean" (Rutgers UP, 2025)

About this episode

The episode discusses the impact of colonialism on caregiving in the French Caribbean with guest Jennifer Boum-Maké.

Decolonial Care: Reimagining Caregiving in the French Caribbean (Rutgers UP, 2025) examines the relationship between the legacies of colonialism and the dynamics of caregiving that have emerged from the French Caribbean. Putting in dialogue postcolonial studies and care studies, this book elucidates how caring and uncaring have been historically shaped by colonialism and shows how media and narratives help develop decolonial approaches to care that sustain human life and livable environments. Guest Jennifer Boum-Maké is Associate Professor of French and Francophone Studies at Georgetown University. In addition to her monograph, she has co-edited 2025’s Graphic Narratives of Resistance: Advocating for Representation and Social Justice in French-Language Bandes Dessinées. In addition to many journal articles and contributions to collected volumes, she serves on a number of editorial boards and is one of the founders of Kwazman vwa: New Paths in Caribbean literature, an online series hosting conversations with ultracontemporary Caribbean writers. Host Gina Stamm is Associate Professor of French at The University of Alabama, with research concentrated on the environmental humanities…

People in this episode

Host: Gina Stamm

Guest: Jennifer Boum-Maké

Topics covered

• decolonial care
• French Caribbean
• colonialism
• caregiving
• postcolonial studies
• environmental humanities

Keywords

• decolonial care
• French Caribbean
• colonialism
• care studies
• environmental humanities
• narratives
• social justice

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Georgetown University, Rutgers UP, Kwazman vwa

Books & works: Decolonial Care: Reimagining Caregiving in the French Caribbean, Graphic Narratives of Resistance: Advocating for Representation and Social Justice in French-Language Bandes Dessinées

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