Street Sovereigns : Young Men and the Makeshift State in Urban Haiti /

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"This book challenges conventional understandings of sovereignty and popular politics by ethnographically documenting how young men on the margins of urban Haiti seek power and respect by positioning themselves as chiefs of zones where the government is largely absent"--

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kivland, Chelsey L., 1979- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2020.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Young men.
Street life.
Politics and government.
Ethnology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Ethnologie > Haïti > Port-au-Prince.
Vie dans la rue > Haïti > Port-au-Prince.
Jeunes hommes > Haïti > Port-au-Prince.
Ethnology > Haiti > Port-au-Prince.
Street life > Haiti > Port-au-Prince.
Young men > Haiti > Port-au-Prince.
Haiti > Port-au-Prince.
Port-au-Prince (Haiti) > Politics and government.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : the baz
  • Defense
  • History
  • Respect
  • Identity
  • Development
  • Gender
  • Conclusion : falling into and out of the spiral.

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