Tropical apocalypse : Haiti and the Caribbean end times /

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"This book offers both a history of apocalyptic culture in the Caribbean and an up-to-date account of the social, political, environmental, religious, and economic factors that have brought apocalypse back to prominence in the region"--

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Munro, Martin (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2015.
Series:New World studies.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Haitian literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
Apocalypse in literature.
Apocalypse in motion pictures.
Psychic trauma > Caribbean Area.
Literature and history > Caribbean Area.
End of the world in literature.
Littérature haïtienne (française) > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Fin du monde dans la littérature.
Fin du monde au cinéma.
Traumatisme psychique > Caraïbes (Région)
Littérature et histoire > Caraïbes (Région)
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > French.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Caribbean & Latin American.
End of the world in literature
Apocalypse in literature
Apocalypse in motion pictures
Haitian literature
Literature
Literature and history
Psychic trauma
Social conditions
Haiti > In literature.
Haiti > Social conditions.
Haïti > Conditions sociales.
Caribbean Area
Haiti
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The Duvaliers and apocalyptic memory
  • Utopian ends: Aristide and the apocalypse
  • The chimeres and the Haitian antihero
  • Religion, nature, and the apocalypse
  • Conclusion.

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