Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Note on the Text xv
5. Abbreviations xvii
6. Chronology xix
7. Introduction 1
8. PART I Fractures
9. 1 Colonial Ruptures in the Caribbean and the Displacement of Haitian Intellectuals 23
10. 2 Internal Displacements: Tracing the Generational Aspects of Exile and Diasporic Homecomings 51
11. 3 The “Crisis Factory”: Improvising Place in the (State) University of Haiti 78
12. PART II Sutures
13. 4 Rasanblaj: Assembly beyond Coloniality’s Fractures 101
14. 5 Imagining Emancipatory Caribbean Futures 126
15. Coda 143
16. Acknowledgments 149
17. Notes 153
18. References 163
19. Index 187
20. About the Author 193