Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Illustrations vii
4. Introduction. The Power of the Story: Writing Disasters in Haiti and the Circum-Caribbean 1
5. Chapter 1. Mòd Leta: Haitian Understandings of Crises Past in Present 27
6. Chapter 2. After the Storm: Hurricane Matthew, Haiti, and Disaster’s Longue Durée 50
7. Chapter 3. Malediksyon: (Neo)colonial Development, Disasters, and Countercapitalism in Northeastern Haiti 62
8. Chapter 4. Post-Katrina Intrusions on African American Cultural Traditions in New Orleans 78
9. Chapter 5. Cat Bonds and Necrocapitalism in Haiti and Puerto Rico 98
10. Chapter 6. Wake Work in Post-Maria Puerto Rico and Beyond 120
11. Chapter 7. Art and Politics Facing Disaster in the Caribbean: Defi ning a New Cultural Diplomacy 135
12. Chapter 8. Marvin Victor’s Corps mêlés and the Writing of Disaster in Haiti 160
13. Chapter 9. Beyond Malediction and Prophecy: Melovivi or the Trap 175
14. Epilogue. Disrupting Permanent Catastrophe through Commemoration, Grief, and Action 188
15. Index 195