Charting the cultural imagination of Haiti, this text argues for the recognition of both vodou rituals and narrative fictions as repositories of history. The book gives human dimensions to the 18th-century French colony and provides a template for understanding the Haiti of toda…
In 'Haiti, History, and the Gods', Joan Dayan charts the cultural imagination of Haiti not only by reconstructing the island's history but by highlighting ambiguities and complexities that have been ignored. She investigates the confrontational space in which Haiti is created an…
"This volume provides guidance on teaching about Haiti's history and culture from a multidisciplinary perspective, offering ways of reshaping old narratives through women's and gender studies, poetry, theater, art, religion, language, politics, history, and popular culture"--
"Nan Non Sivilizasyon; se yon liv ki detaye lavi peyizan nan peyi d Ayiti. Li rale nou pou l montre n kijan peyizan ap viv epi li mennen nou vini sou yon pwogram adopsyon ki te tabli nan peyi a nan lanne 1980-85 yo. Se pa 2 ti moun pwogram sa a te separe ak paran yo (adopte) pou…
"While Haiti established the second independent nation in the Western Hemisphere and was the first black country to gain independence from European colonizers, its history is not well known in the Anglophone world. The Haiti Reader introduces readers to Haiti's dynamic history a…
"While Haiti established the second independent nation in the Western Hemisphere and was the first black country to gain independence from European colonizers, its history is not well known in the Anglophone world. The Haiti Reader introduces readers to Haiti's dynamic history a…
"While Haiti established the second independent nation in the Western Hemisphere and was the first black country to gain independence from European colonizers, its history is not well known in the Anglophone world. The Haiti Reader introduces readers to Haiti's dynamic history a…
"While Haiti established the second independent nation in the Western Hemisphere and was the first black country to gain independence from European colonizers, its history is not well known in the Anglophone world. The Haiti Reader introduces readers to Haiti's dynamic history a…
"While Haiti established the second independent nation in the Western Hemisphere and was the first black country to gain independence from European colonizers, its history is not well known in the Anglophone world. The Haiti Reader introduces readers to Haiti's dynamic history a…