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Record Nr.

UNINA9910466335303321

Autore

Fumagalli Maria Cristina

Titolo

On the edge : writing the border between Haiti and the Dominican Republic / / Maria Cristina Fumagalli

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Liverpool : , : Liverpool University Press, , 2015

ISBN

1-78138-234-4

1-78138-757-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (448 p.)

Collana

American tropics : towards a literary geography ; ; [4]

Disciplina

809.93358097293

Soggetti

Boundaries in literature

Borderlands in literature

Dominican literature - History and criticism

Haitian literature - History and criticism

Literature, Modern - History and criticism

Electronic books.

Hispaniola In literature

Haiti In literature

Dominican Republic In literature

Haiti Boundaries Dominican Republic

Dominican Republic Boundaries Haiti

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 392-415) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Figures; Acknowledgements; A note on translations; Introduction: On the edge: border-crossing, borderland-dwelling, and the music of what happens; Landscaping Hispaniola:  Médéric Louis Élie Moreau de Saint-Méry and border politics; The 1791 revolt and the borderland from below; This place was here before our nations: Anacaona's Jaragua; Servants turned masters: Santo Domingo and the black revolt; A fragile and beautiful world: the northern borderland and the 1937 massacre; The dream of creating one people from two lands mixed together: 1937 and borderland Utopia

A geography of living flesh: bearing the unbearableThe forgotten heart-breaking epic of border struggle; Some are born to endless



night: structural violence across-the-border; Borderlands of the mind: present, past, and future; The writing is on the wall: towards an open island and a complete structure; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

A literary study of the borderlands between Haiti and the Dominican Republic.