Bibliograph

Farewell, Fred Voodoo, a letter from Haiti, Amy Wilentz

Type

Label

Farewell, Fred Voodoo, a letter from Haiti, Amy Wilentz

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-314) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Farewell, Fred Voodoo

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

788290141

Responsibility statement

Amy Wilentz

Sub title

a letter from Haiti

Summary

Describes the author's long and painful relationship with Haiti before and after the 2010 earthquake, tracing the country's turbulent history and its status as a symbol of human rights activism and social transformation

Table Of Contents

Toussaint camp -- White flight -- Traumatic amputation -- Black Rouge's tour : I -- Zombies of the world -- Building back better -- Citizen Haiti -- Golf-course camp -- Missionary style -- Spaghetti rounds -- Werewolves in the camps -- Black Rouge's tour : II -- The violent-sex cure -- Pact with the Devil -- Aristide's citadel -- Plastic wheelchairs -- Market of dreams -- The value of talk -- Ghosts by daylight -- Weslandia

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