Migration and Refuge - An Eco-Archive of Haitian Literature, 1982-2017

This book argues that contemporary Haitian literature historicizes the political and environmental problems raised by the 2010 earthquake by building on texts of earlier generations. It contends that this literary "eco-archive" challenges universalizing narratives of the Anthropocene with depictions of migration and refuge within Haiti and around the Americas.

Summary

This book argues that contemporary Haitian literature historicizes the political and environmental problems raised by the 2010 earthquake by building on texts of earlier generations. It contends that this literary “eco-archive” challenges universalizing narratives of the Anthropocene with depictions of migration and refuge within Haiti and around the Americas.

Product details

• Authors: John Patrick Walsh
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2021
• EAN: 9781800855885
• ISBN: 978-1-80085-588-5
• No. of pages: 264
• Series: Contemporary French and Francophone Cultures
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies