Haiti

Week of January 18, 2010

News Item: The devastating 7.0 magnitude earthquake that struck Haiti last week was the largest to hit the Caribbean area in more than 200 years. Throughout the last decade, Haiti had been plagued by political unrest, hurricanes, and food shortages and riots. Pick up one of these books or videos and learn more about the history, culture, religion, and people of Haiti.

Aristide and the Endless Revolution (VHS)
Directed by Nicolas Rossier. First Run/Icarus Films, 2005
Call Number: F1928.2 .A73 2005 (Boca Raton Media Center)

Artists, Performers, and Black Masculinity in the Haitian Diaspora
By Jana Evans Braziel. Indiana University Press, 2008
Call Number: NX650 .M296 B73 2008

Birds of the Dominican Republic & Haiti
By Steven Latta et al. Princeton University Press, 2006
Call Number: QL688 .D6 B57 2006

Bitter Cane (VHS)
Directed by Jacques Arcelin. Cinema Guild, 1983
Call Number: F1921 .B47 1983 (Boca Raton Media Center)

Black Dawn (VHS)
Directed by Robin Lloyd and Doreen Kraft. Icarus Films, 1979
Call Number: F1923 .B53 1979 (Boca Raton Media Center)

Brother, I’m Dying
By Edwidge Danticat. Alfred A. Knopf, 2007
Call Number: PS3554 .A5815 Z46 2007

Caribbean Close-Up: Dominican Republic, Haiti (VHS)
Maryknoll World Productions, 1998
Call Number: HQ792 .C37 C27 1998 (Boca Raton Media Center)

Chercher la Vie (VHS)
Directed by Claudette Coulanges. ArtMattan Productions, 2000
Call Number: HD6112 .C44 2000 (Boca Raton Media Center)

Damming the Flood: Haiti, Aristide, and the Politics of Containment
By Peter Hallward. Verso, 2007
Call Number: F1928.2 .H36 2007

Dance of the Spirit (VHS)
Directed by Chip Duncan. AGC/United Learning, 1997
Call Number: BL2490 .H35 1997 (Boca Raton Media Center)

Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti (VHS)
By Maya Deren. Mystic Fire Video, 1985
Call Number: VH 3533 (Boca Raton Media Center)

Echoes of the Haitian Revolution, 1804-2004
Edited by Martin Munro and Elizabeth Walcott-Hackshaw. University of West Indies Press, 2008
Call Number: F1919 .E34 2008

Edwidge Danticat Visits Her Haitian Roots (DVD)
Directed by Susan Wilcox. Mosaic Media Arts/Full Duck Productions, 2006
Call Number: PS3554 .A5815 Z464 2006 (Boca Raton Media Center)

Failing Haiti (DVD)
Directed by Rod Paul. Filmakers Library, 2005
Call Number: F1928.2 .F356 2005 (Boca Raton Media Center)

Haiti: Confronting the Gangs of Port-au-Prince
By Michael Dziedzic and Robert M. Perito. Institute of Peace, 2008
Call Number: Y 3.P 31:20/208 (Boca Raton Government Documents) (Also available online at http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS104193)

Haiti: A Painted History (VHS)
Directed by Jean Marie Drot. Home Vision Arts, 1997
Call Number: F1921 .H126 1997 (Boca Raton Media Center)

A Haiti Anthology: libète
Edited by Charles Arthur and Michael Dash. Markus Wiener Publishers, 1999
Call Number: F1921 .H13 1999

Haiti in the Balance: Why Foreign Aid Has Failed and What We Can Do About It
By Terry F. Buss. Brookings Institution Press, 2008
Call Number: F1921 .B88 2008

The History of Haiti
By Steeve Coupeau. Greenwood Press, 2008
Call Number: F1921 .C68 2008 (Also available online via NetLibrary)

Krik? Krak!: Tales of a Nightmare (VHS)
Directed by Jac Avila and Vanyoska Gee. Facets Video, 2000
Call Number: F1928.2 .K74 2000 (Boca Raton Media Center)

Migrant Revolutions: Haitian Literature, Globalization, and U.S. Imperialism
By Valerie Kaussen. Lexington Books, 2008
Call Number: PQ3498.5 .H2 K38 2008

Of Men and Gods: Des Hommes et des Dieux (VHS)
Directed by Anne Lescot and Laurence Magloire. Documentary Educational Resources, 2002
Call Number: HQ76.2 .H3 O35 2002 (Boca Raton Media Center)

The Plight of Haitian Refugees
By Jake C. Miller. Praeger, 1984
Call Number: E184 .H27 M54

Plunging into Haiti: Clinton, Aristide, and the Defeat of Diplomacy
By Ralph Pezzullo. University Press of Mississippi, 2006
Call Number: F1928.2 .P49 2006

Pride Against Prejudice: Haitians in the United States
By Alex Stepick. Allyn and Bacon, 1998
Call Number: E184 .H27 S74 1998

The Prophet and Power: Jean-Bertrand Aristide, the International Community, and Haiti
By Alex Dupuy. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2007
Call Number: F1928.2 .D87 2007

Public Vodun Ceremonies in Haiti (VHS)
Directed by Yvonne Payne Daniel. Insight Media, 1997
Call Number: BL2490 .P83 1997 (Boca Raton Media Center)

Red & Black in Haiti: Radicalism, Conflict, and Political Change, 1934-1957
By Matthew J. Smith. University of North Carolina Press, 2009
Call Number: F1927 .S656 2009

Reinterpreting the Haitian Revolution and Its Cultural Aftershocks
Edited by Martin Munro and Elizabeth Walcott-Hackshaw. University of West Indies Press, 2006
Call Number: F1923 .R457 2006

Reproducing Inequities: Poverty and the Politics of Population in Haiti
By M. Catherine Maternowska. Rutgers University Press, 2006
Call Number: HC153 .Z9 P65 2006

Revolutionary Freedoms: A History of Survival, Strength and Imagination in Haiti
Edited by Cécile Accilien, Jessica Adams, and Elmide Méléance. Caribbean Studies Press, 2006
Call Number: F1921 .R48 2006

The Roots of Haitian Despotism
By Robert Fatton, Jr. Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2007
Call Number: F1921 .F38 2007

Sleeping Rough in Port-au-Prince: An Ethnography of Street Children and Violence in Haiti
By J. Christopher Kovats-Bernat. University Press of Florida, 2006
Call Number: HV875.58 .H22 P674 2006

Social Resilience and State Fragility in Haiti
World Bank, 2007
Call Number: HC153 .S63 2007

Toussaint Louverture: A Biography
By Madison Smartt Bell. Pantheon Books, 2007
Call Number: F1923 .T69 B45 2007

Toussaint’s Clause: The Founding Fathers and the Haitian Revolution
By Gordon S. Brown. University Press of Mississippi, 2005
Call Number: E310.7 .B76 2005

Tree of Liberty: Cultural Legacies of the Haitian Revolution in the Atlantic World
Edited by Doris L. Garraway. University of Virginia Press, 2008
Call Number: F1923 .T975 2008

An Unbroken Agony: Haiti, from Revolution to the Kidnapping of a President
By Randall Robinson. Basic Civitas Books, 2007
Call Number: F1928.23 .A75 R36 2007

Universal Emancipation: The Haitian Revolution and the Radical Enlightenment
By Nick Nesbitt. University of Virginia Press, 2008
Call Number: F1923 .N47 2008

Voodoo and the Church in Haiti (VHS)
Directed by Bob Richards. University of California, Extension Media Center, 1988
Call Number: VH 3445 (Boca Raton Media Center)

Vodou: Visions and Voices of Haiti
By Phyllis Galembo. Ten Speed, 2005
Call Number: BL2490 .G32 2005

Vodou Nation: Haitian Art Music and Cultural Nationalism
By Michael Largey. University of Chicago Press, 2006
Call Number: ML3565 .L35 2006

Voyage of Dreams: A Documentary Essay (VHS)
Directed by Collis Davis. Cinema Guild, 1983
Call Number: VH 1710 (Boca Raton Media Center)

Why the Cocks Fight: Dominicans, Haitians, and the Struggle for Hispaniola
By Michele Wucker. Hill and Wang, 1999
Call Number: F1938.25 .H2 W83 1999 (At Jupiter)

Written in Blood: The Story of the Haitian People, 1492-1995
By Robert Debs Heinl and Nancy Gordon Heinl. University Press of America, 2005
Call Number: F1921 .H44 2005