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Department of Black Studies
Room 3723 South Hall
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-3150
Tel: (805) 893-8132 / Fax (805) 893-3597
E-mail: pigeon@blackstudies.ucsb.edu
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Emeritus. He received the Baccalaureat Philosophie from the
Academie de Paris, and an MA and Ph.D. in French Literature
& Linguistics from the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Dr. Pigeon's areas of specialization and interest are Francophone
African and Caribbean literature, French and English literature,
language and phonetics of the Caribbean, and oral traditions
and popular culture in Afro-American culture. Among his numerous
published books are Favelas (Les Editions St. Germain),
Le Choix, Edition St. Germain; and Frontiere
(Oswald, Paris, 1976). He has also translated the complete
dramatic work of Aimé Césaire. His work in progress includes
"Etched in Black," (accepted Ashgate, London) and
an untitled work on the pre-Negritude writers. He is an accomplished
writer in both French and English. |
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