Power of the Story

Vincent Joos is an Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Global French Studies at Florida State University. He recently published Urban Dwellings, Haitian Citizenships: Housing, Memory, and Daily Life in Haiti (Rutgers, 2021).

“This book is very interesting … Its great uniqueness is associated with the expression in the form of storytelling, the different views of those impacted, and a prioritization of the analysis of cultural forms as a form of reaction and response.” • Claudio Szlafsztein, University of Pittsburgh“A very good book … It is driven by passion and the need for such critical thinking, and will certainly be welcome in the field of Caribbean Studies, Disaster Studies, Cultural and Literary Studies.” • Mimi Sheller, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

• List of FiguresIntroduction: The Power of the Story: Writing Disasters in Haiti and the Circum-CaribbeanVincent Joos, Martin Munro, and John RibóChapter 1. Mòd Leta: Haitian Understandings of Crises Past in PresentMark SchullerChapter 2. After the Storm: Hurricane Matthew, Haiti, and Disaster’s Longue DuréeLaura WagnerChapter 3. Malediksyon: (Neo)colonial Development, Disasters, and Counter-Capitalism in Northeastern HaitiVincent JoosChapter 4. Post-Katrina Intrusions on African American Cultural Traditions in New OrleansShearon RobertsChapter 5. Cat Bonds and Necrocapitalism in Haiti and Puerto RicoJana Evans BrazielChapter 6. Wake Work in Post-Maria Puerto Rico and BeyondJohn RibóChapter 7. Art and Politics facing Disaster in the Caribbean: Defining a new Cultural DiplomacyVanessa SelkChapter 8. Marvin Victor’s Corps mêlésand the Writing of Disaster in HaitiMartin MunroChapter 9. Beyond Malediction and Prophecy: Melovivi or the trapAlex LenobleIndex