ABSTRACT This article studies the coverage of a racially motivated political trial in 1830s Île Bourbon (present-day Reunion Island) in the Parisian periodical Revue des colonies. I argue that in its otherwise astute defense of the mixed-race defendant Louis-Timagène Houat, the periodical's editors exhibit an Atlantic bias, ignoring insular concerns, such as the relationships among Île Bourbon's diverse castes and classes. This case study serves as a litmus test of the pitfalls of enlisting Atlantic frameworks when approaching the colonial Indian Ocean. Instead, we may look at nineteenth-century Indian Ocean literature to provide methodological direction in the study of the region.

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19世纪波旁岛的色彩和冲突：Affaire Houat案

摘要本文研究了1830年代巴黎波旁岛（今留尼汪岛）上出于种族动机的政治审判的内容，该期刊在巴黎时期的Revue des colonies中得到了体现。我认为，在对混合种族被告路易·蒂玛根·侯阿特（Louis-TimagèneHouat）的其他本来敏锐的辩护中，该期刊的编辑们表现出大西洋的偏见，而忽略了岛上的担忧，例如波旁群岛不同种姓和阶级之间的关系。该案例研究是对接近殖民地印度洋时加入大西洋框架的陷阱的试金石。相反，我们可以参考19世纪的印度洋文献，为该地区的研究提供方法论指导。