Perspectives that shatter the stereotypes and expand understanding
of a complex island nation Essays by Matthew Casey, Myriam J. A.
Chancy, Bethany Aery Clerico, J. Michael Dash, Christopher Garland,
Sibylle Fischer, Jeff Karem, David P. Kilroy, Nadeve Menard, and
Lindsay Twa Haiti has long played an important role in global
perception of the western hemisphere, but ideas about Haiti often
appear paradoxical. Is it a land of tyranny and oppression or a
beacon of freedom as site of the world's only successful slave
revolution? A bastion of devilish practices or a devoutly religious
island? Does its status as the second independent nation in the
hemisphere give it special lessons to teach about postcolonialism,
or is its main lesson one of failure? Haiti and the Americas brings
together an interdisciplinary group of essays to examine the
influence of Haiti throughout the hemisphere, to contextualize the
ways that Haiti has been represented over time, and to look at
Haiti's own cultural expressions in order to think about
alternative ways of imagining its culture and history. Thinking
about Haiti requires breaking through a thick layer of stereotypes.
Haiti is often represented as the region's nadir of poverty, of
political dysfunction, and of savagery. Contemporary media coverage
fits very easily into the narrative of Haiti as a dependent nation,
unable to govern or even fend for itself, a site of lawlessness
that is in need of more powerful neighbors to take control.
Essayists in Haiti and the Americas present a fuller picture,
developing approaches that can account for the complexity of
Haitian history and culture. Carla Calarge, Boca Raton, Florida, is
assistant professor of French and Francophone studies at Florida
Atlantic University. Her work has appeared in French Forum, French
Review, and Presence Francophone, among others. Raphael Dalleo,
Delray Beach, Florida, is associate professor of English at Florida
Atlantic University. He is author of Caribbean Literature and the
Public Sphere: From the Plantation to the Postcolonial and coauthor
of The Latino/a Canon and the Emergence of Post-Sixties Literature.
Luis Duno-Gottberg, Houston, Texas, is associate professor of
Caribbean studies and film at Rice University. He is the author of
Solventar las diferencias: La ideologia del mestizaje en Cuba and
Albert Camus, Naturaleza: Patria y Exilio. Clevis Headley, Delray
Beach, Florida, is associate professor of philosophy at Florida
Atlantic University. He is the coeditor of Shifting the Geography
of Reason: Gender, Science and Religion.
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