Ebook {Epub PDF} Haiti Rising: Haitian History Culture and the Earthquake of 2010 by Martin Munro

Haiti Rising brings together more than 20 of the most prominent authorities on Haiti in to provide both a historical and cultural introduction to Haiti and a chance for earthquake survivors to testify to their experiences. Ranging widely across politics, society, history, art and culture, contributors such as Maryse Condé, Yanick Lahens, Evelyne Trouillot, J. Michael Dash and Laurent Dubois illuminate this . Haiti Rising: Haitian History, Culture and the Earthquake of , a collection of 24 essays edited and introduced by Martin Munro. Part of the royalties of the book will be donated to the Haitian Art Relief Fund, an organization that helps Haitian artists sell their work around the world. The earthquake that struck Haiti on Janu thrust the nation into the public consciousness as never before. That terrible event piqued interest in a remarkable country with a rich history as both the first black republic in the world and the first country to break free of European.

Ranging widely across politics, society, history, art and culture, contributors such as Maryse Condé, Yanick Lahens, Evelyne Trouillot, J. Michael Dash and Laurent Dubois illuminate this most extraordinary of countries and the tragedy that befell it in Haiti Rising will stand as a written document of this cataclysmic event in Haitian. Deborah Jenson, 'The Writing of Disaster in Haiti: Signifying Cataclysm from Slave Revolution to Earthquake', in Haiti Rising: Haitian History, Culture and the Earthquake of , ed. by Martin Munro (Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, ), pp. Patrick Bellegarde-Smith, "Uprisings, Insurrections, and Political Movements: Contemporary Haiti and the Teachings of History, ," in Martin Munro (Ed.), Haiti Rising: Haitian History, Culture and the Earthquake of (Kingston, Jamaica: University of West Indies Press, ),

Haiti Rising: Haitian History, Culture and the Earthquake of , a collection of 24 essays edited and introduced by Martin Munro. Part of the royalties of the book will be donated to the Haitian Art Relief Fund, an organization that helps Haitian artists sell their work around the world. The earthquake that struck Haiti on 12 January thrust the nation into the public consciousness as never before. There is now an unprecedented empathy for and interest in Haiti. Haiti Rising responds to this public interest and will raise awareness of Haiti, its people, culture and history. The earthquake that struck Haiti on Janu thrust the nation into the public consciousness as never before. That terrible event piqued interest in a remarkable country with a rich history as both the first black republic in the world and the first country to break free of European.