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1 online resource (x, 254 pages) |
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Contemporary French and francophone cultures ; [58] |
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Contemporary French and francophone cultures ; 58.
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, April 1, 2019). |
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Print version record. |
| Contents |
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction Tè glise, Continents à la dérive: Haiti between Shifting Continents, Past and Present; Part I. The Eco-Archive; 1. For an Eco-Archive; 2. Haitian Odysseys; Part II. Literary Witness; 3. The Banality of Disaster; 4. The Distant Literary Witness and the Ghosts of History in the "Other America"; Part III. The Anthropocene from Below; 5. Fictions of Migration and Refuge from the Anthropocene; Epilogue: Land and Seas of Migration and Refuge, Past and Present; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
An Open Access edition of this book is available on the Liverpool University Press website and through Knowledge Unlatched. Haitian writers have made profound contributions to debates about the converging paths of political and natural histories, yet their reflections on the legacies of colonialism, imperialism, and neoliberalism are often neglected in heated disputes about the future of human life on the planet. The 2010 earthquake only exacerbated this contradiction. Despite the fact that Haitian authors have long treated the connections between political violence, precariousness, and ecological degradation, in media coverage around the world, the earthquake would have suddenly exposed scandalous conditions on the ground in Haiti. This book argues that contemporary Haitian literature historicizes the political and environmental problems brought to the surface by the earthquake by building on texts of earlier generations, especially at the end of the Duvalier era and its aftermath. Informed by Haitian studies and models of postcolonial ecocriticism, the book conceives of literature as an "eco-archive," or a body of texts that depicts ecological change over time and its impact on social and environmental justice. Focusing equally on established and less well-known authors, the book contends that the eco-archive challenges future-oriented, universalizing narratives of the Anthropocene and the global refugee crisis with portrayals of different forms and paths of migration and refuge within Haiti and around the Americas |
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Haitian literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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Haitian literature -- 21st century -- History and criticism.
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Political ecology in literature.
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Earthquakes in literature.
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Haiti Earthquake, Haiti, 2010.
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Refuge in literature.
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Littérature haïtienne (française) -- 20e siècle -- Histoire et critique.
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Littérature haïtienne (française) -- 21e siècle -- Histoire et critique.
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Tremblements de terre dans la littérature.
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Tremblement de terre d'Haïti, Haïti, 2010.
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Refuge dans la littérature.
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Literature: history & criticism.
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General & world history.
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Social impact of disasters.
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Migration, immigration & emigration.
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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- French.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- Caribbean & Latin American.
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Refuge in literature
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Earthquakes in literature
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Haitian literature
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Haiti https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJt8d7gKPv6RfPWf8hppT3
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Haiti Earthquake (Haiti : 2010) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39Qhp4vB9HVwGBMWV7XydHDKm |
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1900-2099
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Walsh, John Patrick, 1971- Migration and refuge. Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2019 1786941635 (OCoLC)1033554806 |
| ISBN |
9781786949561 (electronic bk.) |
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1786949563 (electronic bk.) |
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1786941635 |
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9781786941633 |
| Standard No. |
AU@ 000065230559 |
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AU@ 000067631988 |
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DKDLA 820120-katalog:999910796505765 |
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