Culture and Customs of HaitiBloomsbury Publishing USA, 30 oct. 2000 - 200 pages Culture and Customs of Haiti begins with an overview of the mountainous island that seemed forbidding to European colonizers. Historical periods, including French colonization, U.S. occupation in the early 20th century, Independence and the Duvaliers' reigns, until today, are reviewed and provide the framework for the volume. A chapter on the people and society details the pride of the black state that managed the only successful slave revolution in history. The extremes of society from the elite to the peasantry and slum dwellers are depicted, along with Haitians in diaspora. Religion in Haiti, with the strong amalgamation of Roman Catholicism and vaudou, a West African import, is then explained. A Social Customs chapter notes the joy that is found in such an economically depressed culture. The media and literature and language chapters necessarily unfold in the context of Haiti's political history. A section on writing in Creole is especially intriguing. Finally, chapters on the performing arts and visual arts evoke the energy and color of the people in such forms as vaudou jazz and dance, contemporary rara rock, and the folkloric influence on Haitian painting. A chronology and glossary supplement the text. |
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... U.S. - led international force lands in Haiti to restore consti- tutional rule and President Aristide returns to Haiti ; coup lead- ers leave for exile in Panama 1995 1999 2000 Aristide steps down; new president, Rene Preval, xvi ...
... U.S. - led international force lands in Haiti to restore consti- tutional rule and President Aristide returns to Haiti ; coup lead- ers leave for exile in Panama 1995 1999 2000 Aristide steps down; new president, Rene Preval, xvi ...
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... land area of Haiti. The Spanish ultimately found the land uninviting, and in the seventeenth century it became the haunt of buccaneers, infamous because of the pirate stronghold of 1 Context.
... land area of Haiti. The Spanish ultimately found the land uninviting, and in the seventeenth century it became the haunt of buccaneers, infamous because of the pirate stronghold of 1 Context.
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... land of mountains” and has managed to maintain a defiant isolation from the rest of the world. Haiti gives the impression of vastness and impenetrability because of its extremely mountainous terrain, but it occupies only one third of ...
... land of mountains” and has managed to maintain a defiant isolation from the rest of the world. Haiti gives the impression of vastness and impenetrability because of its extremely mountainous terrain, but it occupies only one third of ...
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... land. Haiti is the only country that is considered Latin American but whose language and culture are predominantly French and whose population is predominantly of African descent. Haiti's ethnic and linguistic makeup con- trast with ...
... land. Haiti is the only country that is considered Latin American but whose language and culture are predominantly French and whose population is predominantly of African descent. Haiti's ethnic and linguistic makeup con- trast with ...
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Table des matières
| 1 | |
2 The People and Society | 29 |
3 Religion | 51 |
4 Social Customs | 75 |
A photo essay follows p 79 | 80 |
5 Mass Media and Cinema | 81 |
6 Literature and Language | 95 |
7 The Performing Arts | 119 |
8 The Visual Arts and Architecture | 135 |
Bibliography | 153 |
Index | 157 |
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