Writing the Haitian Earthquake and Creating Archives

How to tell the story of the Haitian earthquake? Ever since 4:53 p.m. on 12 January 2010, this is the question many of Haiti’s writers have been asking. In the face of such a catastrophe with widespread death, destruction and suffering, what can writers do? In terms of aftershocks, how have the the...

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Autore principale: Douglas, Rachel
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Pubblicazione: Continents manuscrits 2017
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description How to tell the story of the Haitian earthquake? Ever since 4:53 p.m. on 12 January 2010, this is the question many of Haiti’s writers have been asking. In the face of such a catastrophe with widespread death, destruction and suffering, what can writers do? In terms of aftershocks, how have the thematics and representational form of Haitian writing developed in the wake of this seismic event? This article examines responses in Haitian writing to the earthquake through the prisms of a premoni...
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Writing the Haitian Earthquake and Creating Archives
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title Writing the Haitian Earthquake and Creating Archives
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