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This collection ponders the personal and political implications for Haitians at home and abroad resulting from the devastating 2010 earthquake.

Trade Review
Harvesting Haiti offers invaluable guidance to the international community responding to Haiti’s appeal for assistance in restoring peace within the country. * Latina Republic *

Table of Contents
  • Introduction
  • Part I: Sovereignty and Survival
    • The Aftermath: Responding to the Crisis (2011–2022)
    • A Marshall Plan for a Haiti at Peace: To Continue or End the Legacy of the Revolution (October 2010)
    • Submission or Omission: Haiti’s Challenge in Latin America (April 2011)
    • A Haiti for Haitians: Ending the Legacy of (Band) Aid (November 2010–January 2011)
    • Haiti: Five Years After (January 2, 2015)
  • Part II: Gender and Equity
    • Hearing Our Mothers: Safeguarding Haitian Women’s Representation and Practices of Survival (March 2010)
    • Cultural Impasse and Structural Change: How to Address Questions of Gender Equity for Haitian Women across Societal Strata (2013)
    • Love, Debt, and Forgiveness: Women Speaking from the Rubble in Post-earthquake Haiti (2011–2019)
    • Women in Haiti: Strength in Spirit and Culture (February 19, 2010)
  • Part III: Under/Water
    • Under/Water (Poem)—May 31, 2010
    • Ayiti Alive! Photo-Essay (2011–2014)
  • Part IV: Understanding Haiti, in Context—Trinidad & Tobago Review columns (June–December 2012)
    • Nou Bouké!!! (June 2012)
    • Independence Notes or, “What’s So Great about Being Haitian, Anyway?” (July 2012)
    • What Dreams Are Made Of: Haiti Kanpé (September 2012)
    • The Horrors of Slavery: Haiti, Vodou, and the Myth of the Cursed Nation (October 2012)
    • Walking Sadness: Haitian Returns—Nomad (November 2012)
    • Tout Moun Se Moun: Haitian Women’s Feminism, Then and Now (December 2012)
  • Part V: Frenemies: The Dominican Relationship
    • Are You Haitian? (October 2013)
    • Lavé Tèt: Striving for (Black) Wellness in Academe and Beyond (Travels in the DR, October 2013)
    • New Year’s Resolution 2014: “Love Thy Neighbor”
  • Conclusion: Living with Ruins
  • Acknowledgments
  • Appendix: Recommended Charitable Organizations Working in Haiti
  • Notes
  • Index

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      Publisher: University of Texas Press
      Publication Date: 10/10/2023
      ISBN13: 9781477327814, 978-1477327814
      ISBN10: 1477327819
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This collection ponders the personal and political implications for Haitians at home and abroad resulting from the devastating 2010 earthquake.

      Trade Review
      Harvesting Haiti offers invaluable guidance to the international community responding to Haiti’s appeal for assistance in restoring peace within the country. * Latina Republic *

      Table of Contents
      • Introduction
      • Part I: Sovereignty and Survival
        • The Aftermath: Responding to the Crisis (2011–2022)
        • A Marshall Plan for a Haiti at Peace: To Continue or End the Legacy of the Revolution (October 2010)
        • Submission or Omission: Haiti’s Challenge in Latin America (April 2011)
        • A Haiti for Haitians: Ending the Legacy of (Band) Aid (November 2010–January 2011)
        • Haiti: Five Years After (January 2, 2015)
      • Part II: Gender and Equity
        • Hearing Our Mothers: Safeguarding Haitian Women’s Representation and Practices of Survival (March 2010)
        • Cultural Impasse and Structural Change: How to Address Questions of Gender Equity for Haitian Women across Societal Strata (2013)
        • Love, Debt, and Forgiveness: Women Speaking from the Rubble in Post-earthquake Haiti (2011–2019)
        • Women in Haiti: Strength in Spirit and Culture (February 19, 2010)
      • Part III: Under/Water
        • Under/Water (Poem)—May 31, 2010
        • Ayiti Alive! Photo-Essay (2011–2014)
      • Part IV: Understanding Haiti, in Context—Trinidad & Tobago Review columns (June–December 2012)
        • Nou Bouké!!! (June 2012)
        • Independence Notes or, “What’s So Great about Being Haitian, Anyway?” (July 2012)
        • What Dreams Are Made Of: Haiti Kanpé (September 2012)
        • The Horrors of Slavery: Haiti, Vodou, and the Myth of the Cursed Nation (October 2012)
        • Walking Sadness: Haitian Returns—Nomad (November 2012)
        • Tout Moun Se Moun: Haitian Women’s Feminism, Then and Now (December 2012)
      • Part V: Frenemies: The Dominican Relationship
        • Are You Haitian? (October 2013)
        • Lavé Tèt: Striving for (Black) Wellness in Academe and Beyond (Travels in the DR, October 2013)
        • New Year’s Resolution 2014: “Love Thy Neighbor”
      • Conclusion: Living with Ruins
      • Acknowledgments
      • Appendix: Recommended Charitable Organizations Working in Haiti
      • Notes
      • Index

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