{"title":"Undead Uprising: Haiti, Horror, and the Zombie Complex by John Cussans (review)","authors":"Lucy Swanson","doi":"10.1353/jhs.2018.0010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/jhs.2018.0010","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":137704,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Haitian Studies","volume":"24 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130761195","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Why Rasanblaj, Why Now?: New Salutations to the Four Cardinal Points in Haitian Studies","authors":"G. Ulysse","doi":"10.1353/JHS.2017.0017","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/JHS.2017.0017","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:Keynote Address, Twenty-Ninth Annual Haitian Studies Association Conference, November 3, 2017, Xavier University, New Orleans, LouisianaI take it as part of my work to share some insights on the theme \"Haiti: Paradoxes, Contradictions, Intersections in the Making of a People\" by speaking to what inspires me today and how my work intersects with Haitian studies and why I believe the arts, performance, matter now more than ever. Let me be clear, I am not here to reflect and review literatures or make any grand contributions that challenge existing archaic or even expanding narratives, any more than I plan to stake any claims on different intellectual histories. The conference program is rich evidence that such work is being taken on by many of you in the room who are dedicated to unsettling fossilized notions about the field, the broader academic and practical worlds that this association inhabits. What I am interested in is \"doing the work,\" as the late Audre Lorde called it: the deeper, thoughtful, and self-reflective conversations that still need to be had because Haitian studies, as it has been and continues to be done here, in the United States, under the umbrella of this association situated in the diaspora, is still developing.So what I plan to do this morning is offer meditations through performance: not just to comment on why I have turned to this form but to make a case for why Haitian studies must seriously engage other forms beyond the written text. We live in times to eschew the false binary that not only feminizes the arts but also locates it in opposition to the sciences. Our engagement with the arts must go beyond consumption, beyond the notion of arts as a subject to be decoded by \"scholars.\" It is imperative that we think and recognize art practices themselves as scholarship.","PeriodicalId":137704,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Haitian Studies","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125166114","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Dictatorship and Dissent: Jacques Roumain's \"La Tragédie haïtienne,\" 1937","authors":"P. Marxsen","doi":"10.1353/JHS.2017.0019","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/JHS.2017.0019","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:Commentary on Jacques Roumain's \"La Tragédie haïtienne\" (The Haitian tragedy) followed by a translation of the essay into English.Roumain's article stands as an important example of his ability to universalize Haiti's political struggles with foreign nations. But more importantly, \"La Tragédie haïtienne\" is an eloquent expression of dissent that encompasses corruption, nepotism, constraints on the press, and the enforced economic exploitation of power-hungry men.","PeriodicalId":137704,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Haitian Studies","volume":"209 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123395761","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"La Révolution haïtienne dans les manuels scolaires français, 1857–2011","authors":"J. Brière","doi":"10.1353/JHS.2017.0016","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/JHS.2017.0016","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:La révolution haïtienne, événement majeur dans l'histoire du monde atlantique, a été depuis deux siècles victime d'une remarquable oblitération mémorielle chez les Français. Pour prendre la mesure de cet \"oubli\" transmis de génération en génération, nous avons examiné soixante-cinq manuels scolaires d'histoire français portant sur la période couvrant cet événement. L'absence totale ou l'extrême faiblesse quantitative et qualitative des informations données aux élèves révèlent un obscurcissement délibéré de faits historiques qui s'inséraient difficilement dans le récit national que le système scolaire cherchait à transmettre aux XIXe et XXe siècles. Il faudra attendre les années 2000 pour que l'histoire de l'esclavage soit intégrée dans les programmes scolaires, mais l'absence de références à la révolution haïtienne dans les programmes et les manuels scolaires perdure jusqu'à aujourd'hui.","PeriodicalId":137704,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Haitian Studies","volume":"47 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117341709","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Duvalier à l'ombre de la guerre froide. Les Dessous de la politique étrangère d'Haïti (1957–1963) by Wien Weibert Arthus, and: Les Grandes dates de l'histoire diplomatique d'Haïti, de la période fondatrice à nos jours by Wien Weibert Arthus (review)","authors":"Patrick Bellegarde-Smith","doi":"10.1353/JHS.2017.0021","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/JHS.2017.0021","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":137704,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Haitian Studies","volume":"27 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133944911","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"New Light from Haiti's Royal Past: Recent Archaeological Excavations in the Palace of Sans-Souci, Milot","authors":"J. Monroe","doi":"10.1353/jhs.2017.0015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/jhs.2017.0015","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:Our understanding of the nature of life in the Kingdom of Haiti, the fledgling state that emerged out of the turmoil of the Haitian Revolution, is obscured by the silences of an often problematic historical and literary archive. Since 2015, an international team of scholars from the United States and Haiti have undertaken archaeological research at the UNESCO World Heritage site of Sans-Souci. The royal palace of Sans-Souci was a key material component of royal power strategies in the Kingdom of Haiti, and it served as the center of political gravity during the reign of Henry Christophe. Despite the centrally important historical role this site has played in Haitian historical memory, negligible archaeological work has been carried out within the palace precinct. Adopting a multidimensional research strategy that includes 3-D modeling, ground-penetrating radar, and targeted excavation, the Milot Archaeological Project (MAP) is casting new light on the architectural chronology of the site, the nature of material life behind the palace walls, and both the regional and the long-distance economic networks in which the Kingdom was embedded. This article summarizes the MAP's recent findings, highlighting the great potential of archaeological research for answering important social, political, and economic questions about this important experiment in political sovereignty.","PeriodicalId":137704,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Haitian Studies","volume":"117 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117258206","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Production du savoir et construction sociale. L'Ethnologie en Haïti ed. by Jhon Picard Byron (review)","authors":"Jean-Bénito Mercier","doi":"10.1353/JHS.2017.0024","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/JHS.2017.0024","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":137704,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Haitian Studies","volume":"34 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128616000","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Toussaint Louverture: Repensar un icono ed. by Mariana Past and Natalie M. Léger (review)","authors":"John D. Ribó","doi":"10.1353/JHS.2017.0023","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/JHS.2017.0023","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":137704,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Haitian Studies","volume":"23 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130772390","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Humanitarian Aftershocks in Haiti by Mark Schuller (review)","authors":"S. M. Joseph","doi":"10.1353/JHS.2017.0022","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/JHS.2017.0022","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":137704,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Haitian Studies","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126984557","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Intertexts of the Ecological: Literary Space Revisited in Yanick Lahens's Bain de lune","authors":"J. Herbeck","doi":"10.1353/jhs.2017.0018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/jhs.2017.0018","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:By focusing on specific intertextual references found in Yanick Lahens's 2014 novel Bain de lune, this paper demonstrates how the long-term viability of the Haitian ecology is challenged both on a literary level and in accordance with evolving social, environmental, and identitarian realities.","PeriodicalId":137704,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Haitian Studies","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121259039","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}