Philippe Zacaïr
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780813034614
- eISBN:
- 9780813039053
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Florida
- DOI:
- 10.5744/florida/9780813034614.003.0003
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Latin American Studies
This chapter explores the role of the popular media in igniting anti-Haitian violence in Caribbean states. In 2001, Ibo Simon, a powerful media person was charged with flaring up racist hatred and ...
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This chapter explores the role of the popular media in igniting anti-Haitian violence in Caribbean states. In 2001, Ibo Simon, a powerful media person was charged with flaring up racist hatred and violence against Haitian immigrants in Guadeloupe. This chapter explains the journey of Ibo's channel “Canal 10” in being an integral part of violent atrocities against Haitian migrants. However, the media also assisted in recognizing the inherent Haitian cultural elements in Guadeloupean society. One section of the Guadeloupean media perceived illegal immigration by Haitians to be responsible for insecurity, violence, and other social evils in society. While the other half of the media focused on Haitian history. In short, the popular Guadeloupean media played an essential role in spreading both anti-Haitian discourse as well as admiring Haitian history and culture.Less
This chapter explores the role of the popular media in igniting anti-Haitian violence in Caribbean states. In 2001, Ibo Simon, a powerful media person was charged with flaring up racist hatred and violence against Haitian immigrants in Guadeloupe. This chapter explains the journey of Ibo's channel “Canal 10” in being an integral part of violent atrocities against Haitian migrants. However, the media also assisted in recognizing the inherent Haitian cultural elements in Guadeloupean society. One section of the Guadeloupean media perceived illegal immigration by Haitians to be responsible for insecurity, violence, and other social evils in society. While the other half of the media focused on Haitian history. In short, the popular Guadeloupean media played an essential role in spreading both anti-Haitian discourse as well as admiring Haitian history and culture.
Lizabeth Paravisini-Gebert and Martha Daisy Kelehan
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780813032184
- eISBN:
- 9780813038766
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Florida
- DOI:
- 10.5744/florida/9780813032184.003.0007
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Latin American Studies
This chapter discusses and tries to uncover multiple meanings and alternative historical accounts implicit in paintings and literature that depict the ordeals of the Haitian “boat people” in their ...
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This chapter discusses and tries to uncover multiple meanings and alternative historical accounts implicit in paintings and literature that depict the ordeals of the Haitian “boat people” in their trans-Caribbean crossings. It investigates how Haitian painters have developed an iconography to create history paintings that seek to synthesize onto canvas one of the salient experiences of Haitian history, and how these images are echoed in Caribbean literature.Less
This chapter discusses and tries to uncover multiple meanings and alternative historical accounts implicit in paintings and literature that depict the ordeals of the Haitian “boat people” in their trans-Caribbean crossings. It investigates how Haitian painters have developed an iconography to create history paintings that seek to synthesize onto canvas one of the salient experiences of Haitian history, and how these images are echoed in Caribbean literature.
Philippe Zacaïr and Catherine Reinhardt
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780813034614
- eISBN:
- 9780813039053
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Florida
- DOI:
- 10.5744/florida/9780813034614.003.0001
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Latin American Studies
This introductory chapter gives an account of anti-Haitianism which spread across the Caribbean basin. Special attention is given to the condition of Haitian immigrants residing in the Caribbean ...
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This introductory chapter gives an account of anti-Haitianism which spread across the Caribbean basin. Special attention is given to the condition of Haitian immigrants residing in the Caribbean states such as the Dominican Republic, Guadeloupe, and French Guiana. The chapter also explores the steps taken by antiracist and human rights organizations to bring justice to these Haitian immigrants. Racial characteristics of Haitian migrants, Intra-Caribbean relationships, and Haitian history and diasporas, all are explored briefly to understand the reason behind the clashes between Hiatian migrants and host societies.Less
This introductory chapter gives an account of anti-Haitianism which spread across the Caribbean basin. Special attention is given to the condition of Haitian immigrants residing in the Caribbean states such as the Dominican Republic, Guadeloupe, and French Guiana. The chapter also explores the steps taken by antiracist and human rights organizations to bring justice to these Haitian immigrants. Racial characteristics of Haitian migrants, Intra-Caribbean relationships, and Haitian history and diasporas, all are explored briefly to understand the reason behind the clashes between Hiatian migrants and host societies.
Millery Polyné (ed.)
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- August 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780816681310
- eISBN:
- 9781452948638
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- University of Minnesota Press
- DOI:
- 10.5749/minnesota/9780816681310.001.0001
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Latin American Studies
The Idea of Haiti critically examines the politics of Haiti’s past—its “facts and fables”—and how these narratives illuminate our understanding of the domestic and transnational structures in place ...
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The Idea of Haiti critically examines the politics of Haiti’s past—its “facts and fables”—and how these narratives illuminate our understanding of the domestic and transnational structures in place that have contributed to Haitian underdevelopment, a persistent image of deviance, and also cultural survival in the 20th and 21st century. Moreover, the book examines the challenges and benefits of strategic recovery operations during the post-earthquake period in Haiti. The essays in the anthology, which stem from original research and in-depth interviews with leading scholars, take into account that in spite of the recent efforts to rebuild Haiti and the proliferation of the reference of a “new Haiti” during 2010 and 2011, this idea of a “new Haiti” is not particular to the aftermath of January 12th. Thus, the notion of a “new Haiti” possesses historical roots and insight to understanding potential pitfalls and obstacles to current development plans and the key actors involved. The Idea of Haiti’s contributors draw from their disciplinary training in history, literature, anthropology, urban planning, and sociology to explore how these historical discursive practices on race, power, class, and national development inform strategies to envision the republic anew.Less
The Idea of Haiti critically examines the politics of Haiti’s past—its “facts and fables”—and how these narratives illuminate our understanding of the domestic and transnational structures in place that have contributed to Haitian underdevelopment, a persistent image of deviance, and also cultural survival in the 20th and 21st century. Moreover, the book examines the challenges and benefits of strategic recovery operations during the post-earthquake period in Haiti. The essays in the anthology, which stem from original research and in-depth interviews with leading scholars, take into account that in spite of the recent efforts to rebuild Haiti and the proliferation of the reference of a “new Haiti” during 2010 and 2011, this idea of a “new Haiti” is not particular to the aftermath of January 12th. Thus, the notion of a “new Haiti” possesses historical roots and insight to understanding potential pitfalls and obstacles to current development plans and the key actors involved. The Idea of Haiti’s contributors draw from their disciplinary training in history, literature, anthropology, urban planning, and sociology to explore how these historical discursive practices on race, power, class, and national development inform strategies to envision the republic anew.
Elizabeth Mcalister
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- August 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780816681310
- eISBN:
- 9781452948638
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Minnesota Press
- DOI:
- 10.5749/minnesota/9780816681310.003.0010
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Latin American Studies
Elizabeth McAlister’s chapter provides a much-needed lineage and analysis of the ideology and practice of Haitian and American Christian evangelicals who, in response to a burgeoning acceptance of ...
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Elizabeth McAlister’s chapter provides a much-needed lineage and analysis of the ideology and practice of Haitian and American Christian evangelicals who, in response to a burgeoning acceptance of vodou under Jean-Bertrand Aristide’s administration, believed that Haiti’s political, economic and social troubles could be ameliorated through a rededication to Christian values and the “transforming power” of Jesus Christ. McAlister demonstrates that this commitment to Christ and Christian traditions by evangelicals and Protestants, who some scholars estimate that they consist of a third of the Haitian citizenry, is influenced by colonial events, specifically the religious sacrifice of a pig by vodou practitioners at the beginning of the Haitian Revolution. Thus, the work of religion and ritual in the years before and after the earthquake, according to McAlister, works to “re-narrate Haitian history.” Additionally, the Christian evangelical movement reasserts the centrality of Jesus Christ in the spiritual, political, and historical space of Haiti—in effect suppressing non-Christian practices—and therefore “recast[ing] Haitian civil religion.”Less
Elizabeth McAlister’s chapter provides a much-needed lineage and analysis of the ideology and practice of Haitian and American Christian evangelicals who, in response to a burgeoning acceptance of vodou under Jean-Bertrand Aristide’s administration, believed that Haiti’s political, economic and social troubles could be ameliorated through a rededication to Christian values and the “transforming power” of Jesus Christ. McAlister demonstrates that this commitment to Christ and Christian traditions by evangelicals and Protestants, who some scholars estimate that they consist of a third of the Haitian citizenry, is influenced by colonial events, specifically the religious sacrifice of a pig by vodou practitioners at the beginning of the Haitian Revolution. Thus, the work of religion and ritual in the years before and after the earthquake, according to McAlister, works to “re-narrate Haitian history.” Additionally, the Christian evangelical movement reasserts the centrality of Jesus Christ in the spiritual, political, and historical space of Haiti—in effect suppressing non-Christian practices—and therefore “recast[ing] Haitian civil religion.”
Sara Fanning
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- May 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780814764930
- eISBN:
- 9780814760086
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- NYU Press
- DOI:
- 10.18574/nyu/9780814764930.001.0001
- Subject:
- History, African-American History
Shortly after winning its independence in 1804, Haiti's leaders realized that if their nation was to survive, it needed to build strong diplomatic bonds with other nations. Haiti's first leaders ...
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Shortly after winning its independence in 1804, Haiti's leaders realized that if their nation was to survive, it needed to build strong diplomatic bonds with other nations. Haiti's first leaders looked especially hard at the United States, which had a sizeable free black population that included vocal champions of black emigration and colonization. In the 1820s, President Jean-Pierre Boyer helped facilitate a migration of thousands of black Americans to Haiti with promises of ample land, rich commercial prospects, and most importantly, a black state. His ideas struck a chord with both blacks and whites in America. Journalists and black community leaders advertised emigration to Haiti as a way for African Americans to resist discrimination and show the world that the black race could be an equal on the world stage, while antislavery whites sought to support a nation founded by liberated slaves. Black and white businessmen were excited by trade potential, and racist whites viewed Haiti as a way to export the race problem that plagued America. By the end of the decade, black Americans migration to Haiti began to ebb as emigrants realized that the Caribbean republic wasn't the black Eden they'd anticipated. This book documents the rise and fall of the campaign for black emigration to Haiti, drawing on a variety of archival sources to share the rich voices of the emigrants themselves. Using letters, diary accounts, travelers' reports, newspaper articles, and American, British, and French consulate records, this text profiles the emigrants and analyzes the diverse motivations that fueled this unique early moment in both American and Haitian history.Less
Shortly after winning its independence in 1804, Haiti's leaders realized that if their nation was to survive, it needed to build strong diplomatic bonds with other nations. Haiti's first leaders looked especially hard at the United States, which had a sizeable free black population that included vocal champions of black emigration and colonization. In the 1820s, President Jean-Pierre Boyer helped facilitate a migration of thousands of black Americans to Haiti with promises of ample land, rich commercial prospects, and most importantly, a black state. His ideas struck a chord with both blacks and whites in America. Journalists and black community leaders advertised emigration to Haiti as a way for African Americans to resist discrimination and show the world that the black race could be an equal on the world stage, while antislavery whites sought to support a nation founded by liberated slaves. Black and white businessmen were excited by trade potential, and racist whites viewed Haiti as a way to export the race problem that plagued America. By the end of the decade, black Americans migration to Haiti began to ebb as emigrants realized that the Caribbean republic wasn't the black Eden they'd anticipated. This book documents the rise and fall of the campaign for black emigration to Haiti, drawing on a variety of archival sources to share the rich voices of the emigrants themselves. Using letters, diary accounts, travelers' reports, newspaper articles, and American, British, and French consulate records, this text profiles the emigrants and analyzes the diverse motivations that fueled this unique early moment in both American and Haitian history.
Greg Beckett
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- August 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780816681310
- eISBN:
- 9781452948638
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Minnesota Press
- DOI:
- 10.5749/minnesota/9780816681310.003.0002
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Latin American Studies
Greg Beckett locates the hub of the discourse rotating along a Western axis of shock and pain that unendingly constructs Haiti as delinquent. His research examines institutional roles in reproducing ...
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Greg Beckett locates the hub of the discourse rotating along a Western axis of shock and pain that unendingly constructs Haiti as delinquent. His research examines institutional roles in reproducing difference. Appropriately, Beckett asks: “Is it possible to speak of Haiti without speaking of crisis?” and “what do we really mean by crisis, and what do we mean by crisis in Haiti?”Less
Greg Beckett locates the hub of the discourse rotating along a Western axis of shock and pain that unendingly constructs Haiti as delinquent. His research examines institutional roles in reproducing difference. Appropriately, Beckett asks: “Is it possible to speak of Haiti without speaking of crisis?” and “what do we really mean by crisis, and what do we mean by crisis in Haiti?”
Yveline Alexis
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- August 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780816681310
- eISBN:
- 9781452948638
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Minnesota Press
- DOI:
- 10.5749/minnesota/9780816681310.003.0003
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Latin American Studies
The brutal images of U.S. Occupation oppositional leader Charlemagne Péralte’s bullet-ridden body during a particularly violent year of 1919, as Yveline Alexis demonstrates, highlights the ways in ...
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The brutal images of U.S. Occupation oppositional leader Charlemagne Péralte’s bullet-ridden body during a particularly violent year of 1919, as Yveline Alexis demonstrates, highlights the ways in which interventionist forces sought to make Haitian defiance undesirable in the midst of northern aggression.Less
The brutal images of U.S. Occupation oppositional leader Charlemagne Péralte’s bullet-ridden body during a particularly violent year of 1919, as Yveline Alexis demonstrates, highlights the ways in which interventionist forces sought to make Haitian defiance undesirable in the midst of northern aggression.
Wien Weibert Arthus
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- August 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780816681310
- eISBN:
- 9781452948638
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Minnesota Press
- DOI:
- 10.5749/minnesota/9780816681310.003.0007
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Latin American Studies
The work of Wien Weibert Arthus demonstrates the complexity of desire when nations attempted to mold themselves to U.S. foreign policy strategies. An anticommunist Haiti proved to be insufficient to ...
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The work of Wien Weibert Arthus demonstrates the complexity of desire when nations attempted to mold themselves to U.S. foreign policy strategies. An anticommunist Haiti proved to be insufficient to the Kennedy administration and the billions promised to Latin American and Caribbean governments for development projects and societal improvements. Authoritarian leadership, weak infrastructure and the hurdles to reconcile nationalistic pride and “international assistance” illuminate the intricacies of sovereignty and the machine of global aid programs—struggles that continue to this day and help us unpack the current issues in tent camps and other sites hard hit by the earthquake, and also policy and financial matters at the executive and local level where non-governmental and international organizations tend to dominate.Less
The work of Wien Weibert Arthus demonstrates the complexity of desire when nations attempted to mold themselves to U.S. foreign policy strategies. An anticommunist Haiti proved to be insufficient to the Kennedy administration and the billions promised to Latin American and Caribbean governments for development projects and societal improvements. Authoritarian leadership, weak infrastructure and the hurdles to reconcile nationalistic pride and “international assistance” illuminate the intricacies of sovereignty and the machine of global aid programs—struggles that continue to this day and help us unpack the current issues in tent camps and other sites hard hit by the earthquake, and also policy and financial matters at the executive and local level where non-governmental and international organizations tend to dominate.
Nick Nesbitt
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- August 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780816681310
- eISBN:
- 9781452948638
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Minnesota Press
- DOI:
- 10.5749/minnesota/9780816681310.003.0001
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Latin American Studies
Nick Nesbitt identifies and engages the notion of difference and deviance in Haitian history and its connections to international relations. The author locates the discourse rotating along a Western ...
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Nick Nesbitt identifies and engages the notion of difference and deviance in Haitian history and its connections to international relations. The author locates the discourse rotating along a Western axis of shock and pain that unendingly constructs Haiti as delinquent through his study of U.S./Haiti.Less
Nick Nesbitt identifies and engages the notion of difference and deviance in Haitian history and its connections to international relations. The author locates the discourse rotating along a Western axis of shock and pain that unendingly constructs Haiti as delinquent through his study of U.S./Haiti.
Patrick Sylain
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- August 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780816681310
- eISBN:
- 9781452948638
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Minnesota Press
- DOI:
- 10.5749/minnesota/9780816681310.003.0005
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Latin American Studies
Patrick Sylvain’s chapter impels the reader to ask: What are the ways Haitian leadership create openings for or replicate discourses and systems that make the nation susceptible to harm? Given the ...
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Patrick Sylvain’s chapter impels the reader to ask: What are the ways Haitian leadership create openings for or replicate discourses and systems that make the nation susceptible to harm? Given the media and popular criticism from Haitian citizens against former Haitian president René Préval’s muted and deficient leadership in the aftermath of the earthquake what perceptions are reinscribed or “structural vulnerabilit[ies]” revealed between state and nation?Less
Patrick Sylvain’s chapter impels the reader to ask: What are the ways Haitian leadership create openings for or replicate discourses and systems that make the nation susceptible to harm? Given the media and popular criticism from Haitian citizens against former Haitian president René Préval’s muted and deficient leadership in the aftermath of the earthquake what perceptions are reinscribed or “structural vulnerabilit[ies]” revealed between state and nation?
Harley F. Etienne
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- August 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780816681310
- eISBN:
- 9781452948638
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Minnesota Press
- DOI:
- 10.5749/minnesota/9780816681310.003.0008
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Latin American Studies
In an effort to bridge the local and state deliberations scholar Harley Etienne pushes academics and national and international leaders within the world of politics and social service to take ...
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In an effort to bridge the local and state deliberations scholar Harley Etienne pushes academics and national and international leaders within the world of politics and social service to take seriously the “discipline and practice” of urban planning. Urban planners are critical components to the recovery effort because they “coordinate land use, design policy to achieve long-term goals of urban growth, regeneration and economic development.” Etienne asserts that the relationship between the country’s formal institutions (i.e. legal and educational systems) and Haiti’s “social organization [and] capacity for social service provision” are relegated to secondary or tertiary roles in national planning strategies. Hence, in an effort push the boundaries of the field Etienne emphasizes that a broad, interdisciplinary spectrum of professionals—from law and social work to civil engineers to public policy advocates—engage in a comprehensive and unified dialogue to produce durable urban and rural regeneration and offset popular pressures to “rush” the rebuilding process.Less
In an effort to bridge the local and state deliberations scholar Harley Etienne pushes academics and national and international leaders within the world of politics and social service to take seriously the “discipline and practice” of urban planning. Urban planners are critical components to the recovery effort because they “coordinate land use, design policy to achieve long-term goals of urban growth, regeneration and economic development.” Etienne asserts that the relationship between the country’s formal institutions (i.e. legal and educational systems) and Haiti’s “social organization [and] capacity for social service provision” are relegated to secondary or tertiary roles in national planning strategies. Hence, in an effort push the boundaries of the field Etienne emphasizes that a broad, interdisciplinary spectrum of professionals—from law and social work to civil engineers to public policy advocates—engage in a comprehensive and unified dialogue to produce durable urban and rural regeneration and offset popular pressures to “rush” the rebuilding process.
Alex Dupuy, Robert Fatton, Évelyne Trouillot, and Tatiana Wah
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- August 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780816681310
- eISBN:
- 9781452948638
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Minnesota Press
- DOI:
- 10.5749/minnesota/9780816681310.003.0011
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Latin American Studies
Lastly, the enlightening conversation between four leading scholars on Haiti, Alex Dupuy, Tatiana Wah, Robert Fatton, Jr. and Èvelyne Trouillot explicates Haiti’s relationship with the international ...
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Lastly, the enlightening conversation between four leading scholars on Haiti, Alex Dupuy, Tatiana Wah, Robert Fatton, Jr. and Èvelyne Trouillot explicates Haiti’s relationship with the international community and critiques the virtual trusteeship of Haiti by foreign governments. These thinkers of Haitian affairs help to anchor the volume’s themes, which include discussion of sovereignty, economic and cultural development, citizenship, urban planning, Haitian history and disaster capitalism.Less
Lastly, the enlightening conversation between four leading scholars on Haiti, Alex Dupuy, Tatiana Wah, Robert Fatton, Jr. and Èvelyne Trouillot explicates Haiti’s relationship with the international community and critiques the virtual trusteeship of Haiti by foreign governments. These thinkers of Haitian affairs help to anchor the volume’s themes, which include discussion of sovereignty, economic and cultural development, citizenship, urban planning, Haitian history and disaster capitalism.
Karen Richman
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- August 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780816681310
- eISBN:
- 9781452948638
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Minnesota Press
- DOI:
- 10.5749/minnesota/9780816681310.003.0006
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Latin American Studies
Karen Richman’s work centers religion and faith in post-earthquake Haiti and establishes that in spite of “speculative claims” about vodou’s impact upon the nation and the experiences of Haitians ...
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Karen Richman’s work centers religion and faith in post-earthquake Haiti and establishes that in spite of “speculative claims” about vodou’s impact upon the nation and the experiences of Haitians during this complex and arduous time, there remains a void in empirical scholarship regarding the “religious implications” of Haiti’s monumental seismic event. In what ways and to what extent have Haitian people’s faith shifted due to the tremors on January 12th and the subsequent days after? What can we learn historically, culturally, and politically about specific communities and their relationship to the state, civil society and international organizations through a religious context?Less
Karen Richman’s work centers religion and faith in post-earthquake Haiti and establishes that in spite of “speculative claims” about vodou’s impact upon the nation and the experiences of Haitians during this complex and arduous time, there remains a void in empirical scholarship regarding the “religious implications” of Haiti’s monumental seismic event. In what ways and to what extent have Haitian people’s faith shifted due to the tremors on January 12th and the subsequent days after? What can we learn historically, culturally, and politically about specific communities and their relationship to the state, civil society and international organizations through a religious context?
Martin Munro
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- September 2015
- ISBN:
- 9781781381465
- eISBN:
- 9781781382233
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Liverpool University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5949/liverpool/9781781381465.003.0006
- Subject:
- Literature, World Literature
The conclusion reflects on the theme of the land in Haitian literary history and considers finally the emergence of the new literary journal edited by James Noël and Pascale Monnin, IntranQuîlités, ...
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The conclusion reflects on the theme of the land in Haitian literary history and considers finally the emergence of the new literary journal edited by James Noël and Pascale Monnin, IntranQuîlités, and judges it to be an important mediator of Haitian writing, and a means of promoting a new, 21st-century cosmopolitanism.Less
The conclusion reflects on the theme of the land in Haitian literary history and considers finally the emergence of the new literary journal edited by James Noël and Pascale Monnin, IntranQuîlités, and judges it to be an important mediator of Haitian writing, and a means of promoting a new, 21st-century cosmopolitanism.
Graham T. Nessler
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- January 2017
- ISBN:
- 9781469626864
- eISBN:
- 9781469626888
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of North Carolina Press
- DOI:
- 10.5149/northcarolina/9781469626864.003.0008
- Subject:
- History, Latin American History
The work’s epilogue concludes the story of the islandwide Haitian Revolution by recounting the collapse of the Ferrand regime in Santo Domingo. Napoleon’s invasion of Spain in 1808 threw the ...
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The work’s epilogue concludes the story of the islandwide Haitian Revolution by recounting the collapse of the Ferrand regime in Santo Domingo. Napoleon’s invasion of Spain in 1808 threw the Spanish-American world, including Santo Domingo, into disarray. The resulting upheaval enabled an alliance comprised of rebel Spanish-Dominican colonists, the British, and even some Haitian factions that toppled the Ferrand regime in a war that ended in July 1809. After telling the story of this seldom-recounted episode in the Napoleonic Wars, the epilogue then rearticulates the book’s core contributions and significance for Atlantic and Caribbean as well as Haitian and Dominican history.Less
The work’s epilogue concludes the story of the islandwide Haitian Revolution by recounting the collapse of the Ferrand regime in Santo Domingo. Napoleon’s invasion of Spain in 1808 threw the Spanish-American world, including Santo Domingo, into disarray. The resulting upheaval enabled an alliance comprised of rebel Spanish-Dominican colonists, the British, and even some Haitian factions that toppled the Ferrand regime in a war that ended in July 1809. After telling the story of this seldom-recounted episode in the Napoleonic Wars, the epilogue then rearticulates the book’s core contributions and significance for Atlantic and Caribbean as well as Haitian and Dominican history.
Mark Schuller
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- August 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780816681310
- eISBN:
- 9781452948638
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Minnesota Press
- DOI:
- 10.5749/minnesota/9780816681310.003.0009
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Latin American Studies
Similarly, anthropologist Mark Schuller examines social health risks in urban neighborhoods, specifically cholera, in which these health threats were amplified by measures taken by NGOs. ...
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Similarly, anthropologist Mark Schuller examines social health risks in urban neighborhoods, specifically cholera, in which these health threats were amplified by measures taken by NGOs. Interestingly, the discussion about the origins of the cholera outbreak, where more than 300,000 people have been affected and 5,000 have died, dominate news desks and encourages the reader to think about the circulation of disparaging ideas about Haiti when foreign relationships are renewed in the wake of this tragedy.Less
Similarly, anthropologist Mark Schuller examines social health risks in urban neighborhoods, specifically cholera, in which these health threats were amplified by measures taken by NGOs. Interestingly, the discussion about the origins of the cholera outbreak, where more than 300,000 people have been affected and 5,000 have died, dominate news desks and encourages the reader to think about the circulation of disparaging ideas about Haiti when foreign relationships are renewed in the wake of this tragedy.
Graham T. Nessler
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- January 2017
- ISBN:
- 9781469626864
- eISBN:
- 9781469626888
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of North Carolina Press
- DOI:
- 10.5149/northcarolina/9781469626864.003.0004
- Subject:
- History, Latin American History
This chapter details the military history of Hispaniola from 1795, when the French Republic ejected the rival Spanish empire from the island, to 1801, when Toussaint Louverture unified the island ...
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This chapter details the military history of Hispaniola from 1795, when the French Republic ejected the rival Spanish empire from the island, to 1801, when Toussaint Louverture unified the island under his rule. This is the first of two chapters to focus on the rise and governance of Louverture, a former slave who rose rapidly through the military ranks and, like his eventual nominal superior Napoleon Bonaparte, parlayed his military triumphs into political power. As Toussaint formulated an independent foreign policy, repelled British invaders from Hispaniola, and waged a brutal civil war against rival André Rigaud, Santo Domingo factored centrally into his strategic thinking, diplomacy, and military leadership. This chapter details these dynamics and culminates in Toussaint’s successful but short-lived invasion of Santo Domingo, which exacerbated a growing rift between the black general and France’s ruler, Napoleon Bonaparte.Less
This chapter details the military history of Hispaniola from 1795, when the French Republic ejected the rival Spanish empire from the island, to 1801, when Toussaint Louverture unified the island under his rule. This is the first of two chapters to focus on the rise and governance of Louverture, a former slave who rose rapidly through the military ranks and, like his eventual nominal superior Napoleon Bonaparte, parlayed his military triumphs into political power. As Toussaint formulated an independent foreign policy, repelled British invaders from Hispaniola, and waged a brutal civil war against rival André Rigaud, Santo Domingo factored centrally into his strategic thinking, diplomacy, and military leadership. This chapter details these dynamics and culminates in Toussaint’s successful but short-lived invasion of Santo Domingo, which exacerbated a growing rift between the black general and France’s ruler, Napoleon Bonaparte.
Sibylle Fischer
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- August 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780816681310
- eISBN:
- 9781452948638
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Minnesota Press
- DOI:
- 10.5749/minnesota/9780816681310.003.0004
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Latin American Studies
Scholar Sibylle Fischer analyzes representations of this crisis through the Haitian body and astutely challenges readers and those who claim to act or speak for those who suffer must watch their ...
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Scholar Sibylle Fischer analyzes representations of this crisis through the Haitian body and astutely challenges readers and those who claim to act or speak for those who suffer must watch their “complicity” in physical, structural, or symbolic violence. And, in turn, they must aim to actively engage in an “historical, philosophical or representation contextualization” in order to oppose one’s collusion in aggressive exploits.Less
Scholar Sibylle Fischer analyzes representations of this crisis through the Haitian body and astutely challenges readers and those who claim to act or speak for those who suffer must watch their “complicity” in physical, structural, or symbolic violence. And, in turn, they must aim to actively engage in an “historical, philosophical or representation contextualization” in order to oppose one’s collusion in aggressive exploits.
