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Haiti and the United States

J. Michael Dash
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      Imaginative literature, argues Michael Dash, does not merely reflect, but actively influences historical events. He demonstrates this by a close examination of the relations between Haiti and the United States through the imaginative literature of both countries. The West's mythification of Haiti is a strategy used to justify either ostracism or domination, a process traced here from the nineteenth-century until it emerges with a voyeuristic fierceness in the 1960s. In an effort to resist these stereotypes, Haitian literature becomes a subversive manoeuvre permitting Haitians to 'rewrite' themselves. The Unites States 'invented' Haiti as a land of savagery and mystery, a source of evil and shame. Weaving together text and historical context, Dash discusses the durability of these images, which continue to shape official policy and popular attitudes today.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: J. Michael Dash EAN: 9780312164904 COUNTRY: United States PAGES: WEIGHT: 266 g HEIGHT: 216 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Palgrave USA DATE PUBLISHED: 1996-12-11 CITY: GENRE: LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / General WIDTH: 140 cm SPINE:

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      Literary theory, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Cultural studies, International relations

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      Imaginative literature, argues Michael Dash, does not merely reflect, but actively influences historical events. He demonstrates this by a close examination of the relations between Haiti and the United States through the imaginative literature of both countries. The West's mythification of Haiti is a strategy used to justify either ostracism or domination, a process traced here from the nineteenth-century until it emerges with a voyeuristic fierceness in the 1960s. In an effort to resist these stereotypes, Haitian literature becomes a subversive manoeuvre permitting Haitians to 'rewrite' themselves. The Unites States 'invented' Haiti as a land of savagery and mystery, a source of evil and shame. Weaving together text and historical context, Dash discusses the durability of these images, which continue to shape official policy and popular attitudes today.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: J. Michael Dash EAN: 9780312164904 COUNTRY: United States PAGES: WEIGHT: 266 g HEIGHT: 216 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Palgrave USA DATE PUBLISHED: 1996-12-11 CITY: GENRE: LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / General WIDTH: 140 cm SPINE:

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      Literary theory, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Cultural studies, International relations

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