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UNINA9910708452103321 |
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Titolo |
The power of the story : writing disasters in Haiti and the circum-Caribbean / / edited by Vincent Joos, Martin Munro, John Ribó |
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New York, New York : , : Berghahn Books, , 1905 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (213 pages) : illustrations |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Disaster relief - Caribbean Area |
Disaster relief - Haiti |
Disasters in literature |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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"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 |
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disasters from a range of disciplinary perspectives". |
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