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

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Catastrophes in Context

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The Power of the Story

Writing Disasters in Haiti and the Circum-Caribbean

Edited by Vincent Joos, Martin Munro, and John Ribó

214 pages, 19 illus., bibliog., index

ISBN  978-1-80073-956-7 $135.00/£99.00 / Hb / Not Yet Published (April 2023)

eISBN 978-1-80073-957-4 eBook Not Yet Published


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“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

Description

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.

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).

Subject: Political and Economic AnthropologyCultural Studies (General)Sociology
Area: Latin America and the Caribbean


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