ISBN:
9781800739567
Language:
English
Pages:
viii, 203 Seiten
,
Illustrationen, Diagramme
Series Statement:
Catastrophes in context Volume 6
Series Statement:
Catastrophes in context
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Power of the story
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als The power of the story
DDC:
363.34091729
Keywords:
Disaster relief
;
Disaster relief
;
Disasters in literature
;
Postcolonialism
;
Postcolonialism
;
Racism
Abstract:
"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"--
Description / Table of Contents:
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.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
DOI:
10.3167/9781800739567
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