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100 1 _aWalsh, John Patrick,
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245 0 _aMigration and Refuge
246 _aAn Eco-Archive of Haitian Literature, 1982-2017 (Volume 58)
264 _bLiverpool University Press
_c2019
300 _a1 online resource
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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520 _aHaitian writers have made profound contributions to debates about the converging paths of political and natural histories, yet their reflections on the legacies of colonialism, imperialism, and neoliberalism are often neglected in heated disputes about the future of human life on the planet. The 2010 earthquake only exacerbated this contradiction. Despite the fact that Haitian authors have long treated the connections between political violence, precariousness, and ecological degradation, in media coverage around the world, the earthquake would have suddenly exposed scandalous conditions on the ground in Haiti. This book argues that contemporary Haitian literature historicizes the political and environmental problems brought to the surface by the earthquake by building on texts of earlier generations, especially at the end of the Duvalier era and its aftermath. Informed by Haitian studies and models of postcolonial ecocriticism, the book conceives of literature as an “eco-archive,” or a body of texts that depicts ecological change over time and its impact on social and environmental justice. Focusing equally on established and less well-known authors, the book contends that the eco-archive challenges future-oriented, universalizing narratives of the Anthropocene and the global refugee crisis with portrayals of different forms and paths of migration and refuge within Haiti and around the Americas.
653 _aCaribbean & Latin American
653 _aLiterary Criticism
653 _aTechnology & Engineering
856 _uhttps://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/46153/1/external_content.pdfhttps://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/46153
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