Vincent Joos

Urban Dwellings, Haitian Citizenships

Housing, Memory, and Daily Life in Haiti

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Urban Dwellings, Haitian Citizenships explores the failed international reconstruction of Port-au-Prince after the devastating 2010 earthquake. It describes how, in the meantime, people from various backgrounds use, transform, and create vibrant urban spaces and economies that enable them to rebuild their lives. By exploring how the state, international organizations, and everyday people transform the environment,the book reflects on the possibilities of dwelling in post-disaster landscapes.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Dezember 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 155mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 363g
• ISBN-13: 9781978820586
• ISBN-10: 1978820585
• Artikelnr.: 61480508

Autorenporträt

VINCENT JOOS is an assistant professor of anthropology and global French studies at Florida State University in Tallahassee.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations
Introduction
1 Developing Disasters: Dispossession and Industrialization in Northern
Haiti
2 Industrial Futures: Abstract and Disciplinarian Landscapes in
Post-Earthquake Haiti
3 State Interventions: Infrastructure and Citizenship
4 Inhabiting Port-au-Prince after 2010: Indigenous Urbanization, History,
and Belonging
5 Daily Life in the Shotgun Neighborhoods of Downtown Port-au-Prince
6 Demolishing Shotgun Neighborhoods
Conclusion: Peyi a Lok
Acknowledgments
Notes
References
Index