1.

Record Nr.

UNINA990007075220403321

Autore

Taubenschlag, Raphael

Titolo

The law of greco-roman Egypt in the light of the papyri : 332 B.C.-640 A.D. / by Raphael Taubenschlag

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milano : Cisalpino-Goliardica, 1972

Edizione

[Rist. anast.]

Descrizione fisica

XV, 789 p. ; 24 cm

Disciplina

932.02

Locazione

FLFBC

Collocazione

932.02 TAU 1

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910684569903321

Titolo

The power of the story : writing disasters in Haiti and the circum-Caribbean / / edited by Vincent Joos, Martin Munro, John Ribó

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, NY : , : Berghahn Books, , 2023

ISBN

1-80073-957-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (214 pages)

Collana

Catastrophes in context

Disciplina

363.34091729

Soggetti

Disaster relief - Caribbean Area

Disaster relief - Haiti

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Introduction. The Power of the Story: Writing Disasters in Haiti and the Circum-Caribbean / Vincent Joos, Martin Munro, and John Ribó -- Mòd Leta: Haitian Understandings of Crises Past in Present / Mark Schuller



-- After the Storm: Hurricane Matthew, Haiti, and Disaster's Longue Durée / Laura Wagner -- Malediksyon: (Neo)colonial Development, Disasters, and Counter-Capitalism in Northeastern Haiti / Vincent Joos -- Post-Katrina Intrusions on African American Cultural Traditions in New Orleans / Shearon Roberts -- Cat Bonds and Necrocapitalism in Haiti and Puerto Rico / Jana Evans Braziel -- Wake Work in Post-Maria Puerto Rico and Beyond / John Ribó -- Art and Politics facing Disaster in the Caribbean: Defining a New Cultural Diplomacy / Vanessa Selk -- Marvin Victor's Corps mêlés and the Writing of Disaster in Haiti / Martin Munro -- Beyond Malediction and Prophecy: Melovivi or the Trap / Alex Lenoble -- Epilogue. Disrupting Permanent Catastrophe through Commemoration, Grief, and Action / Vincent Joos, Martin Munro, and John Ribó.

Sommario/riassunto

"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"