Istwa across the water : Haitian history, memory, and the cultural imagination /

Drawing on the belief system of Vodou, this project is anchored by three theoretical concepts, tidalectics, a term for the repetitive back-and-forth movement of the ocean, symbolizing ritual, balance and cyclical unity, Marasa, or twinning, a principle of Vodou in which fragmented parts strive for r...

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