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Duvalier's Ghosts - Race, Diaspora, and U.S. Imperialism in Haitian Literatures (Paperback)
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Duvalier's Ghosts - Race, Diaspora, and U.S. Imperialism in Haitian Literatures (Paperback)
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From a position of urgent political engagement, this provocative
book offers novel and compelling interpretations of several
well-known Haitian-born authors, particularly regarding U.S.
intervention in their homeland. Drawing on the diasporic cultural
texts of several authors, such as Edwidge Danticat and Dany
Laferriere, Jana Evans Braziel examines how writers participate in
transnational movements for global social justice. In their
fictional works they discuss the U.S.'s many interventionist
methods in Haiti, including surveillance, foreign aid, and military
assistance. Through their work, they reveal that the majority of
Haitians do not welcome these intrusions and actively criticize
U.S. treatment of Haitians in both countries. Braziel encourages us
to analyze the instability and violence of small nations like Haiti
within the larger frame of international financial and military
institutions and forms of imperialism. She forcefully argues that
by reading these works as anti-imperialist, much can be learned
about why Haitians and Haitian exiles often have negative
perceptions of the U.S.
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