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