The Power of the Story: Writing Disasters in Haiti and the Circum-Caribbean

by Vincent Joos (Editor), Martin Munro (Editor), John Ribó (Editor)

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781800739574
Publisher:	Berghahn Books
Publication date:	04/14/2023
Series:	Catastrophes in Context , #6
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	211
File size:	8 MB

About the Author

Vincent Joos is an Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Global French Studies at Florida State University. He recently published Urban Dwellings, Haitian Citizenships: Housing, Memory, and Daily Life in Haiti (Rutgers, 2021).

Martin Munro is Winthrop-King Professor of French and Francophone Studies at Florida State University.  His publications include Writing on the Fault Line: Haitian Literature and the Earthquake of 2010 (Liverpool UP, 2014) and Listening to the Caribbean: Sounds of Slavery, Revolt, and Race (Liverpool UP, 2022).

John Ribó is Assistant Professor of English at Florida State University where he specializes in contemporary Latinx literatures and cultures. His work has appeared in Chiricú, The Journal of Haitian Studies, Cuban Studies, and ASAP.

Table of Contents

List of Figures

Introduction: The Power of the Story: Writing Disasters in Haiti and the Circum-Caribbean
Vincent Joos, Martin Munro, and John Ribó

Chapter 1. Mòd Leta: Haitian Understandings of Crises Past in Present
Mark Schuller

Chapter 2. After the Storm: Hurricane Matthew, Haiti, and Disaster’s Longue Durée
Laura Wagner

Chapter 3. Malediksyon: (Neo)colonial Development, Disasters, and Counter-Capitalism in Northeastern Haiti
Vincent Joos

Chapter 4. Post-Katrina Intrusions on African American Cultural Traditions in New Orleans
Shearon Roberts

Chapter 5. Cat Bonds and Necrocapitalism in Haiti and Puerto Rico
Jana Evans Braziel

Chapter 6. Wake Work in Post-Maria Puerto Rico and Beyond
John Ribó

Chapter 7. Art and Politics facing Disaster in the Caribbean: Defining a new Cultural Diplomacy
Vanessa Selk

Chapter 8. Marvin Victor’s Corps mêlésand the Writing of Disaster in Haiti
Martin Munro

Chapter 9. Beyond Malediction and Prophecy: Melovivi or the trap
Alex Lenoble

Index

Editorial Reviews

“This book is very interesting … Its great uniqueness is associated with the expression in the form of storytelling, the different views of those impacted, and a prioritization of the analysis of cultural forms as a form of reaction and response.” • Claudio Szlafsztein, University of Pittsburgh

“A very good book … It is driven by passion and the need for such critical thinking, and will certainly be welcome in the field of Caribbean Studies, Disaster Studies, Cultural and Literary Studies.” • Mimi Sheller, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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