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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 |
Pubblicazione: | New York, New York : , : Berghahn Books, , 1905 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (213 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina: | 363.34091729 |
Soggetto topico: | Disaster relief - Caribbean Area |
Disaster relief - Haiti | |
Disasters in literature | |
Persona (resp. second.): | JoosVincent |
MunroMartin | |
RibóJohn | |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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". |
Titolo autorizzato: | The power of the story |
ISBN: | 1-80073-768-8 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910708452103321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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