Marco Motta is SNF Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the Institute of Social Sciences, University of Lausanne. He is coeditor of Living with Concepts: Anthropology in the Grip of Reality (2021).

"Life in the Cracks is one of the most exciting works on Haiti that I have seen in years. Motta’s focus on ordinary life, on law and life ‘in the cracks’ amid crisis shines new light on Haiti during one of the country’s most difficult times. His use of ethnographic realism both grounds his theoretical arguments and makes important contributions to anthropological narrative and ethnographic methods." - Greg Beckett, Western University

• Cast of Characters viPrologue xiIntroduction 11 "We’re Holding On!": A Chronicle 392 The Silent Wars of the Ordinary 663 The Many Faces of Peace 924 Theatricalizing the Law 1305 Inner Forms of Corrosion 1566 The Murmuring Stream of Life 187Acknowledgments 225Acronyms 231Glossary 235Notes 237Reference 263Index 287

Marco Motta is SNF Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the Institute of Social Sciences, University of Lausanne. He is coeditor of Living with Concepts: Anthropology in the Grip of Reality (2021).

"Life in the Cracks is one of the most exciting works on Haiti that I have seen in years. Motta’s focus on ordinary life, on law and life ‘in the cracks’ amid crisis shines new light on Haiti during one of the country’s most difficult times. His use of ethnographic realism both grounds his theoretical arguments and makes important contributions to anthropological narrative and ethnographic methods." - Greg Beckett, Western University

• Cast of Characters viPrologue xiIntroduction 11 "We’re Holding On!": A Chronicle 392 The Silent Wars of the Ordinary 663 The Many Faces of Peace 924 Theatricalizing the Law 1305 Inner Forms of Corrosion 1566 The Murmuring Stream of Life 187Acknowledgments 225Acronyms 231Glossary 235Notes 237Reference 263Index 287

Marco Motta is SNF Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the Institute of Social Sciences, University of Lausanne. He is coeditor of Living with Concepts: Anthropology in the Grip of Reality (2021).

"Life in the Cracks is one of the most exciting works on Haiti that I have seen in years. Motta’s focus on ordinary life, on law and life ‘in the cracks’ amid crisis shines new light on Haiti during one of the country’s most difficult times. His use of ethnographic realism both grounds his theoretical arguments and makes important contributions to anthropological narrative and ethnographic methods." - Greg Beckett, Western University

• Cast of Characters viPrologue xiIntroduction 11 "We’re Holding On!": A Chronicle 392 The Silent Wars of the Ordinary 663 The Many Faces of Peace 924 Theatricalizing the Law 1305 Inner Forms of Corrosion 1566 The Murmuring Stream of Life 187Acknowledgments 225Acronyms 231Glossary 235Notes 237Reference 263Index 287