Culture and Customs of Haiti

by J. Michael Dash

Overview

Examines Haiti's people and society, history, religion, social customs, media, literature and language, and arts.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781567507393
Publisher:	ABC-CLIO, Incorporated
Publication date:	10/30/2000
Series:	Culture and Customs of Latin America and the Caribbean
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

J. MICHAEL DASH is a Professor of French at New York University, and is a specialist of Haitian culture and literature./e

Table of Contents

	Series Foreword	ix
	Preface	xi
	Chronology	xv
1	Context	1
2	The People and Society	29
3	Religion	51
4	Social Customs	75
5	Mass Media and Cinema	81
6	Literature and Language	95
7	The Performing Arts	119
8	The Visual Arts and Architecture	135
	Bibliography	153
	Index	157

Editorial Reviews

Largely unstudied and usually misunderstood, Haiti is a puzzle for most North Americans, especially now as the small Caribbean country rapidly modernizes. Historical Haitian apprehension towards attempts to interpret their culture had previously limited attempts at comprehensive social studies. Recently, though, Haitians have adopted more modern and open attitudes toward foreigners. Dash (French, New York U.) has attempted to take advantage of this trend in his book, which includes a historical overview of the country; an examination of the religions, social customs, literature and language as well as the emerging art (performing and visual), architecture, mass media and cinema; and a b&w photo essay. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Booknews

[D]ash has given us a book which is worth reading. If it raises more questions than it answers, that is in the very nature of his subject: the complex, elusive and invariably intellectually intractable panorama of Haitian history.” —Caribbean Studies

“[A]ppropriate for both public and academic library collections.” —Reference and User Services Quarterly

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