The Power of the Story

Writing Disasters in Haiti and the Circum-Caribbean

Vincent Joos, Martin Munro, John Ribó, Vincent Joos, Martin Munro, John Ribó

• Publisher: Berghahn Books
• Year: 2023
• Print ISBN:
  9781836951179
  9781800739567
• Edition: 1
• eBook ISBN:
  9781800739574
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: Literary Criticism History & Theory
• Index: Social Sciences

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.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• List of Illustrations
• Introduction. The Power of the Story: Writing Disasters in Haiti and the Circum-Caribbean
• Chapter 1. Mòd Leta: Haitian Understandings of Crises Past in Present
• Chapter 2. After the Storm: Hurricane Matthew, Haiti, and Disaster’s Longue Durée
• Chapter 3. Malediksyon: (Neo)colonial Development, Disasters, and Countercapitalism in Northeastern Haiti
• Chapter 4. Post-Katrina Intrusions on African American Cultural Traditions in New Orleans
• Chapter 5. Cat Bonds and Necrocapitalism in Haiti and Puerto Rico
• Chapter 6. Wake Work in Post-Maria Puerto Rico and Beyond
• Chapter 7. Art and Politics Facing Disaster in the Caribbean: Defining a New Cultural Diplomacy
• Chapter 8. Marvin Victor’s Corps mêlés and the Writing of Disaster in Haiti
• Chapter 9. Beyond Malediction and Prophecy: Melovivi or the Trap
• Epilogue. Disrupting Permanent Catastrophe through Commemoration, Grief, and Action
• Index