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Disasters, vulnerability, and narratives : writing Haiti's futures

Mika, Kasia, author

Overview

This book uses narrative responses to the 2010 Haiti earthquake as a starting point for an analysis of notions of disaster, vulnerability, reconstruction and recovery. The turn to a wide range of literary works enables a composite comparative analysis, which encompasses the social, political and individual dimensions of the earthquake. This book focuses on a vision of an open-ended future, otherwise than as a threat or fear. Mika turns to concepts of hinged chronologies, slow healing and remnant dwelling. Weaving theory with attentive close-readings, the book offers an open-ended framework for conceptualising post-disaster recovery and healing. These processes happen at different times and must entail the elimination of compound vulnerabilities that created the disaster in the first place. Challenging characterisations of the region as a continuous catastrophe this book works towards a bold vision of Haiti's and the Caribbean's futures. The study shows how narratives can extend some of the key concepts within discipline-bound approaches to disasters, while making an important contribution to the interface between disaster studies, postcolonial ecocriticism and Haitian Studies.

• Publisher: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
• Subject: Haiti Earthquake (2010) / Since 1971 / Haiti Earthquake, Haiti, 2010 Personal narratives. / Haiti Earthquake, Haiti, 2010. / Disaster relief Haiti. / Humanitarian assistance Haiti. / Emergency medical services Haiti. / Earthquakes Haiti. / Disaster relief. / Emergency medical services. / Humanitarian assistance. / Politics and government. / Social conditions. / Haiti Politics and government 21st century. / Haiti Social conditions 1971- / Haiti.
• ISBN: 9781138300750, 1138300756

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
HV600 2010.H2 M55 2019	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE