Duvalier's Ghosts [electronic resource] : Race, Diaspora, and U.S. Imperialism in Haitian Literatures /
Braziel, Jana Evans,1967-
Drawing on the diasporic cultural texts of several authors, such as Edwidge Danticat and Dany Laferriére, Jana Evans Braziel examines how writers participate in transnational movements for global social justice. In their fictional works they discuss the Unites States' many interventionist methods in Haiti, including surveillance, foreign aid, and military assistance.
Drawing on the diasporic cultural texts of several authors, such as Edwidge Danticat and Dany Laferriére, Jana Evans Braziel examines how writers participate in transnational movements for global social justice. In their fictional works they discuss the Unites States' many interventionist methods in Haiti, including surveillance, foreign aid, and military assistance.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Rethinking the Black Atlantic: trans-American regimes of violence, pistemological occlusions -- Transatlantic journeys, Haitian refugees, and the perils of the Black Atlantic -- Liminal citizens: drifting between Ginen and Guantánamo -- Hunger, poverty, and food economies -- Aborted states of development: Haiti's historical revenants, post-Duvalier's daughters -- Le cri des oiseaux fous: Duvalierism, development, state violence, and Duvalierism without Duvalier -- Amour douleur folie: state violence and post-Duvalierist revenants -- "He came to kill the preacher": saints, martyrs, torturers, and post-Duvalierist returns.
Description based on print version record.
Politics and literature
Imperialism in literature.
Race in literature.
American literature
Haitian literature