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Haitian Modernity and Liberative Interruptions
Author: Celucien L. Joseph
Year: 2013
Format: PDF
File size: PDF 1.3 MB
Language: English

Haitian Modernity and Liberative Interruptions investigates the intersections of history literature race religion decolonization and freedom that led to the founding of the postcolonial state of Haiti in 1804 Particular attention is given to the place of religion in the Haitian Revolution as well as to the interpretation and representation of this singular event in the work of Frederick Douglass and Langston Hughes This book not only examines the multiple legacies and the problems of Enlightenment modernity imperial colonialism Western racism and hegemony but also studies their complex relationships with the institutions of slavery religion and Black freedom Topics range from Makandal s postcolonial religious imagination to Boukman s liberation theology to Langston Hughes discussion of the role of prophetic religion in the Haitian Revolution Haitian Modernity and Liberative Interruptions also compares Du Bois s theory of double consciousness with Fanon s theory of decolonization and revolutionary humanism

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