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The power of the story [electronic book] : writing disasters in Haiti and the Circum-Caribbean / edited by Vincent Joos, Martin Munro and John Ribó.

Contributor(s): Joos, Vincent [editor] | Munro, Martin [editor.] | Ribó, John [editor.].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Catastrophes in Context: 6Publisher: New York : Berghahn Books, 2023Copyright date: ©2023Description: online resource (213 pages).Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781800739567 (paperback); 9781800737686 (e-Book).Subject(s): Disaster relief -- Caribbean Area | Disaster relief -- Haiti | Disasters in literature | Postcolonialism | RacismDDC classification: 363.34097299 Online resources: e-Book
Contents:
Mod Leta: Haitian understanding of crises past and present -- After the storm: hurricane Matthew, Haiti, and disaster's Longue Duree -- Malediksyon (neo)colonial development, disasters, and counter-capitalism in Northeastern Haiti -- Post-Katrina intrusions on African American cultural traditions in New Orleans -- Cat bonds and necrocapitalism in Haiti and Puerto Rico -- Wake work in post-Maria Puerto Rico and beyond -- Art and politics facing disaster in the Caribbean: defining a new cultural dipomacy -- Marvin Victor's Corps Meles and the writing of disaster in Haiti -- Beyond malediction and prophecy: Melovivi or the trap
Summary: A cross-disciplinary volume that combines and puts into dialogue perspectives on disasters, this book includes contributions from anthropology, history, cultural studies, sociology, and literary studies. Offering a rich and diverse set of arguments and analyses on the ever-relevant theme of catastrophe in the circum-Caribbean, it will encourage debate and collaboration between scholars working on disasters from a range of disciplinary perspectives.
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e-BOOK MTU Bishopstown Library eBook 363.34097299 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not for loan
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

A cross-disciplinary volume that combines and puts into dialogue perspectives on disasters, this book includes contributions from anthropology, history, cultural studies, sociology, and literary studies. Offering a rich and diverse set of arguments and analyses on the ever-relevant theme of catastrophe in the circum-Caribbean, it will encourage debate and collaboration between scholars working on disasters from a range of disciplinary perspectives.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Mod Leta: Haitian understanding of crises past and present -- After the storm: hurricane Matthew, Haiti, and disaster's Longue Duree -- Malediksyon (neo)colonial development, disasters, and counter-capitalism in Northeastern Haiti -- Post-Katrina intrusions on African American cultural traditions in New Orleans -- Cat bonds and necrocapitalism in Haiti and Puerto Rico -- Wake work in post-Maria Puerto Rico and beyond -- Art and politics facing disaster in the Caribbean: defining a new cultural dipomacy -- Marvin Victor's Corps Meles and the writing of disaster in Haiti -- Beyond malediction and prophecy: Melovivi or the trap

A cross-disciplinary volume that combines and puts into dialogue perspectives on disasters, this book includes contributions from anthropology, history, cultural studies, sociology, and literary studies. Offering a rich and diverse set of arguments and analyses on the ever-relevant theme of catastrophe in the circum-Caribbean, it will encourage debate and collaboration between scholars working on disasters from a range of disciplinary perspectives.

Electronic reproduction.: Knowledge Unlatched. Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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Author notes provided by Syndetics

Vincent Joos is an Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Global French Studies at Florida State University. He recently published Urban Dwellings, Haitian Citizenships: Housing, Memory, and Daily Life in Haiti (Rutgers, 2021).

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