Migration and refuge an eco-archive of haitian literature, 1982-2017 Walsh, John Patrick 1971- creator author. JSTOR (Organization) text bibliography Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc. enk 2019 monographic eng remote 1 online resource (x, 254 pages) An Open Access edition of this book is available on the Liverpool University Press website and through Knowledge Unlatched. Haitian writers have made profound contributions to debates about the converging paths of political and natural histories, yet their reflections on the legacies of colonialism, imperialism, and neoliberalism are often neglected in heated disputes about the future of human life on the planet. The 2010 earthquake only exacerbated this contradiction. Despite the fact that Haitian authors have long treated the connections between political violence, precariousness, and ecological degradation, in media coverage around the world, the earthquake would have suddenly exposed scandalous conditions on the ground in Haiti. This book argues that contemporary Haitian literature historicizes the political and environmental problems brought to the surface by the earthquake by building on texts of earlier generations, especially at the end of the Duvalier era and its aftermath. Informed by Haitian studies and models of postcolonial ecocriticism, the book conceives of literature as an “eco-archive," or a body of texts that depicts ecological change over time and its impact on social and environmental justice. Focusing equally on established and less well-known authors, the book contends that the eco-archive challenges future-oriented, universalizing narratives of the Anthropocene and the global refugee crisis with portrayals of different forms and paths of migration and refuge within Haiti and around the Americas. Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction Tè glise, Continents à la dérive: Haiti between Shifting Continents, Past and Present; Part I. The Eco-Archive; 1. For an Eco-Archive; 2. Haitian Odysseys; Part II. Literary Witness; 3. The Banality of Disaster; 4. The Distant Literary Witness and the Ghosts of History in the "Other America"; Part III. The Anthropocene from Below; 5. Fictions of Migration and Refuge from the Anthropocene; Epilogue: Land and Seas of Migration and Refuge, Past and Present; Bibliography; Index John Patrick Walsh. Includes bibliographical references and index. nwht--- Haitian literature 20th century History and criticism Haitian literature 21st century History and criticism Political ecology in literature Earthquakes in literature Haiti Earthquake, Haiti, 2010 Refuge in literature Literature: history & criticism General & world history Social impact of disasters Migration, immigration & emigration Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers LITERARY CRITICISM European French LITERARY CRITICISM Caribbean & Latin American Refuge in literature Earthquakes in literature Haitian literature Haiti Haiti Earthquake (Haiti : 2010) fast (OCoLC)fst01755752 1900-2099 fast PQ3948.5.H22 840.997294 Migration and refuge Walsh, John Patrick, 1971- Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2019 (OCoLC)1033554806 Contemporary French and francophone cultures ; 58 9781786949561 1786949563 1786941635 9781786941633 22573/ctvhmbm9s JSTOR https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctvhn08qb N$T 190329 20220105170552.0 in00004374924 eng