Amazon cover image
Image from Amazon.com

The idea of Haiti : rethinking crisis and development / Millery Polyné, editor.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publisher: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2013Description: xxxvii, 292 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780816681327
  • 0816681325
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 972.9407/3
LOC classification:
  • 110 F 1928.2 I19 2013
Contents:
ContentsIntroduction. To Make Visible the “Invisible Epistemological Order”: Haiti, Singularity, and NewnessMillery PolynéI. Revolisyon/Kriz (Revolution/Crisis)1. Haiti, the Monstrous AnomalyNick Nesbitt2. Rethinking the Haitian CrisisGreg Beckett3. Remembering Charlemagne Péralte and His Defense of Haiti’s RevolutionYveline AlexisII. Moun/Demoun (Person/Dehumanized)4. Haiti: Fantasies of Bare LifeSibylle Fischer5. The Violence of Executive SilencePatrick Sylvain6. Religion at the Epicenter: Agency and Affiliation in Léogâne after the EarthquakeKaren RichmanIII. Èd (Aid)7. The Alliance for Progress: A Case Study of Failure of International Commitments to HaitiWien Weibert Arthus8. Urban Planning and the Rebuilding of Port-au-PrinceHarley F. Etienne9. Cholera and the Camps: Reaping the Republic of NGOsMark Schuller10. From Slave Revolt to a Blood Pact with Satan: The Evangelical Rewriting of Haitian HistoryElizabeth McAlister11. Twenty-First Century Haiti—A New Normal? A Conversation with Four Scholars of HaitiAlex Dupuy, Robert Fatton, Jr., Évelyne Trouillot, and Tatiana WahContributorsIndex
Summary: After Haiti was struck by a devastating earthquake on January 12, 2010, aid workers and offers of support poured in from around the world. Tellingly, though, news reports on the catastrophe and relief efforts frequently included a pejorative description of the country that outsiders were determined to rebuild: the troubled island nation, a nation plagued by political violence. There was much talk of inventing a "new" Haiti, which would presumably mimic Western modes of development and thus mitigate political instability and crisis
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
Star ratings
    Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)
Holdings
Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Recursos Regionales Recursos Regionales (2do. Piso) 110 F 1928.2 I19 2013 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000183504

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ContentsIntroduction. To Make Visible the “Invisible Epistemological Order”: Haiti, Singularity, and NewnessMillery PolynéI. Revolisyon/Kriz (Revolution/Crisis)1. Haiti, the Monstrous AnomalyNick Nesbitt2. Rethinking the Haitian CrisisGreg Beckett3. Remembering Charlemagne Péralte and His Defense of Haiti’s RevolutionYveline AlexisII. Moun/Demoun (Person/Dehumanized)4. Haiti: Fantasies of Bare LifeSibylle Fischer5. The Violence of Executive SilencePatrick Sylvain6. Religion at the Epicenter: Agency and Affiliation in Léogâne after the EarthquakeKaren RichmanIII. Èd (Aid)7. The Alliance for Progress: A Case Study of Failure of International Commitments to HaitiWien Weibert Arthus8. Urban Planning and the Rebuilding of Port-au-PrinceHarley F. Etienne9. Cholera and the Camps: Reaping the Republic of NGOsMark Schuller10. From Slave Revolt to a Blood Pact with Satan: The Evangelical Rewriting of Haitian HistoryElizabeth McAlister11. Twenty-First Century Haiti—A New Normal? A Conversation with Four Scholars of HaitiAlex Dupuy, Robert Fatton, Jr., Évelyne Trouillot, and Tatiana WahContributorsIndex

After Haiti was struck by a devastating earthquake on January 12, 2010, aid workers and offers of support poured in from around the world. Tellingly, though, news reports on the catastrophe and relief efforts frequently included a pejorative description of the country that outsiders were determined to rebuild: the troubled island nation, a nation plagued by political violence. There was much talk of inventing a "new" Haiti, which would presumably mimic Western modes of development and thus mitigate political instability and crisis

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.