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Urban Dwellings, Haitian Citizenships
Housing, Memory, and Daily Life in Haiti
- 226 pages
- English
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About this book
Urban Dwellings, Haitian Citizenships explores the failed international reconstruction of Port-au-Prince after the devastating 2010 earthquake. It describes the failures of international aid in Haiti while it analyzes examples of Haitian-based reconstruction and economic practices. By interrogating the relationship between indigenous uses of the cityscape and the urbanization of the countryside within a framework that centers on the violence of urban planning, the book shows that the forms of economic development promoted by international agencies institutionalize impermanence and instability. Conversely, it shows how everyday Haitians use and transform the city to create spaces of belonging and forms of citizenship anchored in a long history of resistance to extractive economies. Taking readers into the remnants of failed industrial projects in Haitian provinces and into the streets, rubble, and homes of Port-au-Prince, this book reflects on the possibilities and meanings of dwelling in post-disaster urban landscapes.
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Yes, you can access Urban Dwellings, Haitian Citizenships by Vincent Joos in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Social Sciences & City Planning & Urban Development. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.
Information
Publisher
Rutgers University PressYear
2021Print ISBN
9781978820586, 9781978820593eBook ISBN
9781978820609Table of contents
- Cover
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Introduction
- 1. Developing Disasters: Dispossession and Industrialization in Northern Haiti
- 2. Industrial Futures: Abstract and Disciplinarian Landscapes in Post-Earthquake Haiti
- 3. State Interventions: Infrastructure and Citizenship
- 4. Inhabiting Port-au-Prince after 2010: Indigenous Urbanization, History, and Belonging
- 5. Daily Life in the Shotgun Neighborhoods of Downtown Port-au-Prince
- 6. Demolishing Shotgun Neighborhoods
- Conclusion: Peyi a Lok
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- References
- Index
- About the Author
- Series List