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Farewell, Fred Voodoo : a letter from Haiti / Amy Wilentz

Catalog Data

Author:
Wilentz, Amy  Search this
Subject:
Wilentz, Amy Travel  Search this
Physical description:
xiv, 329 p. ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Haiti
United States
Date:
2013
Contents:
Toussaint camp -- White flight -- Traumatic amputation -- Black Rouge's tour : I -- Zombies of the world -- Building back better -- Citizen Haiti -- Golf-course camp -- Missionary style -- Spaghetti rounds -- Werewolves in the camps -- Black Rouge's tour : II -- The violent-sex cure -- Pact with the Devil -- Aristide's citadel -- Plastic wheelchairs -- Market of dreams -- The value of talk -- Ghosts by daylight -- Weslandia
Summary:
Describes the author's long and painful relationship with Haiti before and after the 2010 earthquake, tracing the country's turbulent history and its status as a symbol of human rights activism and social transformation.
Topic:
Haiti Earthquake, Haiti, 2010  Search this
History  Search this
Description and travel  Search this
Foreign relations  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1004595