Urban dwellings, Haitian citizenships : housing, memory, and daily life in Haiti / / Vincent Joos

• Autore: Joos Vincent
• Pubblicazione: New Brunswick, New Jersey : , : Rutgers University Press, , [2022]; ©2022
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (241 pages)
• Disciplina: 307.33609729452
• Soggetto topico: Earthquake relief - Haiti - History - 21st century; Infrastructure (Economics) - Haiti; Housing - Haiti; Haiti Earthquake, Haiti, 2010 - Social aspects; Haiti Earthquake, Haiti, 2010 - Economic aspects
• Soggetto geografico: Haiti Economic conditions 21st century; Haiti Social conditions 21st century
• Soggetto non controllato: urban planning, Haiti, urban dwellings, neighborhoods, culture, earthquake, disaster relief, shelter, Port-au-Prince, UN, NGO, 2010 earthquake, Caribbean studies, housing, memory, daily life, post-disaster, urban studies, economic development, international aid, Northern Haiti, shotgun neighborhood, indigenous urbanization
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Introduction -- 1 Developing Disasters -- 2 Industrial Futures -- 3 State Interventions -- 4 Inhabiting Port-au-Prince after 2010 -- 5 Daily Life in the Shotgun Neighborhoods of Downtown Port-au-Prince -- Demolishing Shotgun Neighborhoods -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- References -- Index -- About the Author
• Sommario/riassunto: Urban Dwellings, Haitian Citizenships explores the failed international reconstruction of Port-au-Prince after the devastating 2010 earthquake. It describes the failures of international aid in Haiti while it analyzes examples of Haitian-based reconstruction and economic practices. By interrogating the relationship between indigenous uses of the cityscape and the urbanization of the countryside within a framework that centers on the violence of urban planning, the book shows that the forms of economic development promoted by international agencies institutionalize impermanence and instability. Conversely, it shows how everyday Haitians use and transform the city to create spaces of belonging and forms of citizenship anchored in a long history of resistance to extractive economies. Taking readers into the remnants of failed industrial projects in Haitian provinces and into the streets, rubble, and homes of Port-au-Prince, this book reflects on the possibilities and meanings of dwelling in post-disaster urban landscapes.
• Titolo autorizzato: Urban dwellings, Haitian citizenships
• ISBN: 1-9788-2062-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910824966903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Critical Caribbean Studies