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Haiti and the Americas /
Haiti has long played an important role in global perception of the western hemisphere, but ideas about Haiti often appear paradoxical. Is it a land of tyranny and oppression, or a beacon of freedom as site of the world's only successful slave revolution? A bastion of devilish practices, or a d...
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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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Jackson :
University Press of Mississippi,
2013
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| Collection: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
| Résumé: | Haiti has long played an important role in global perception of the western hemisphere, but ideas about Haiti often appear paradoxical. Is it a land of tyranny and oppression, or a beacon of freedom as site of the world's only successful slave revolution? A bastion of devilish practices, or a devoutly religious island? Does its status as the second independent nation in the hemisphere give it special lessons to teach about postcolonialism, or is its main lesson one of failure? This book brings together an interdisciplinary group of essays to examine the influence of Haiti throughout the hemisphere, to contextualize the ways that Haiti has been represented over time, and to look at Haiti's own cultural expressions in order to think about alternative ways of imagining its culture and history. Thinking about Haiti requires breaking through a thick layer of stereotypes. Haiti is often represented as the region's nadir of poverty, of political dysfunction, and of savagery. Contemporary media coverage fits very easily into the narrative of Haiti as a dependent nation, unable to govern or even fend for itself, a site of lawlessness that is in need of more powerful neighbors to take control. Essayists in this collection present a fuller picture, developing approaches that can account for the complexity of Haitian history and culture. -- Provided by publisher. |
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| Description: | "The essays collected in this volume were presented at the "Haiti and the Americas: Histories, Cultures, Imaginations" Conference held at Florida Atlantic University from October 21 to 23, 2010." |
| Description matérielle: | 1 online resource (256 pages). |
| ISBN: | 9781621039334 |