{"product_id":"9780312164904","title":"Haiti and the United States","description":"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.","brand":"J. Michael Dash","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45755033649470,"sku":"9780312164904","price":3022.48,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4357\/7662\/products\/9780312164904_93c6ba0f-8d1a-4874-af3d-1b421cc8b184.jpg?v=1707240302","url":"https:\/\/exclusivebooks.co.za\/products\/9780312164904","provider":"Exclusive Books Online","version":"1.0","type":"link"}