21st century
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anthropology
Author_Greg Beckett
catastrophic events
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crisis
economic collapse
economic forces
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ethnographic portrait
haiti
humanitarian disaster
intimate aspects of everyday life
live and die
living amid the ruins of ecological devastation
never ending crisis
ordinary people
political forces
political upheaval
port au prince
violence
Product details
- ISBN 9780520378995
- Weight: 408g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 10 Nov 2020
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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This is not just another book about crisis in Haiti. This book is about what it feels like to live and die with a crisis that never seems to end. It is about the experience of living amid the ruins of ecological devastation, economic collapse, political upheaval, violence, and humanitarian disaster. It is about how catastrophic events and political and economic forces shape the most intimate aspects of everyday life. In this gripping account, anthropologist Greg Beckett offers a stunning ethnographic portrait of ordinary people struggling to survive in Port-au-Prince in the twenty-first century. Drawing on over a decade of research, There Is No More Haiti builds on stories of death and rebirth to powerfully reframe the narrative of a country in crisis. It is essential reading for anyone interested in Haiti today.
Greg Beckett is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Western University in Ontario.
