Haiti and the United States
Subtitle: national stereotypes and the literary imagination
By: J. Michael Dash.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 182
Subjects: Haitian literature -- History and criticism.; Haitian literature -- American influences.; American literature -- History and criticism.; National characteristics in literature.; Stereotype (Psychology) in literature.; Haiti -- In literature.; United States -- In literature.; Haiti -- Relations -- United States.; United States -- Relations -- Haiti.
Description: "Highly stimulating history of Haitian and US perceptions of each other as seen in each country's literature from 1850s-1990s. Dash sets these texts in political context and repeatedly demonstrates the narrow line between 'imaginative' and 'objective' descriptions of Haiti by US writers. This critical perspective, combined with the author's knowledge of 20th-century Haitian literature, makes this study a particularly valuable one"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-178) and index.