{"id":2252,"date":"2010-01-15T16:51:50","date_gmt":"2010-01-15T20:51:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/libweb.fau.edu\/blog\/?p=2252"},"modified":"2012-04-23T22:00:29","modified_gmt":"2012-04-24T02:00:29","slug":"haiti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libweb.fau.edu\/blog\/haiti\/","title":{"rendered":"Haiti"},"content":{"rendered":"

Week of January 18, 2010
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News Item: <\/strong>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<\/a>. Pick up one of these books or videos and learn more about the history, culture, religion, and people of Haiti.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Aristide and the Endless Revolution <\/em><\/strong>(VHS)
\nDirected by Nicolas Rossier. First Run\/Icarus Films, 2005
\nCall Number: F1928.2 .A73 2005 (Boca Raton Media Center)<\/p>\n

Artists, Performers, and Black Masculinity in the Haitian Diaspora<\/em><\/strong>
\n<\/em>By Jana Evans Braziel. Indiana University Press, 2008
\nCall Number: NX650 .M296 B73 2008<\/p>\n

Birds of the Dominican Republic & Haiti<\/em><\/strong>
\n<\/em>By Steven Latta et al. Princeton University Press, 2006
\nCall Number: QL688 .D6 B57 2006<\/p>\n

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Bitter Cane <\/em><\/strong>(VHS)
\nDirected by Jacques Arcelin. Cinema Guild, 1983
\nCall Number: F1921 .B47 1983 (Boca Raton Media Center)<\/p>\n

Black Dawn <\/em><\/strong>(VHS)
\nDirected by Robin Lloyd and Doreen Kraft. Icarus Films, 1979
\nCall Number: F1923 .B53 1979 (Boca Raton Media Center)<\/p>\n

Brother, I’m Dying<\/em><\/strong>
\n<\/em>By Edwidge Danticat. Alfred A. Knopf, 2007
\nCall Number: PS3554 .A5815 Z46 2007<\/p>\n

Caribbean Close-Up: Dominican Republic, Haiti <\/em><\/strong>(VHS)
\nMaryknoll World Productions, 1998
\nCall Number: HQ792 .C37 C27 1998 (Boca Raton Media Center)<\/p>\n

Chercher la Vie <\/em>(<\/strong>VHS)
\nDirected by Claudette Coulanges. ArtMattan Productions, 2000
\nCall Number: HD6112 .C44 2000 (Boca Raton Media Center)<\/p>\n

Damming the Flood: Haiti, Aristide, and the Politics of Containment<\/em><\/strong>
\nBy Peter Hallward. Verso, 2007
\nCall Number: F1928.2 .H36 2007<\/p>\n

Dance of the Spirit <\/em><\/strong>(VHS)
\nDirected by Chip Duncan. AGC\/United Learning, 1997
\nCall Number: BL2490 .H35 1997 (Boca Raton Media Center)<\/p>\n

Di<\/strong>vine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti <\/strong><\/em>(VHS)
\nBy Maya Deren. Mystic Fire Video, 1985
\nCall Number: VH 3533 (Boca Raton Media Center)<\/p>\n

Echoes of the Haitian Revolution, 1804-2004<\/em><\/strong>
\n<\/em>Edited by Martin Munro and Elizabeth Walcott-Hackshaw. University of West Indies Press, 2008
\nCall Number: F1919 .E34 2008<\/p>\n

Edwidge Danticat Visits Her Haitian Roots<\/em><\/strong> <\/em>(DVD)
\nDirected by Susan Wilcox. Mosaic Media Arts\/Full Duck Productions, 2006
\nCall Number: PS3554 .A5815 Z464 2006 (Boca Raton Media Center)<\/p>\n

Failing Haiti <\/em><\/strong>(DVD)
\nDirected by Rod Paul. Filmakers Library, 2005
\nCall Number: F1928.2 .F356 2005 (Boca Raton Media Center)<\/p>\n

Haiti: Confronting the Gangs of Port-au-Prince <\/em><\/strong>
\nBy Michael Dziedzic and Robert M. Perito. Institute of Peace, 2008
\nCall Number: Y 3.P 31:20\/208 (Boca Raton Government Documents) (Also available online at http:\/\/purl.access.gpo.gov\/GPO\/LPS104193<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Haiti: A Painted History <\/em><\/strong>(VHS)
\nDirected by Jean Marie Drot. Home Vision Arts, 1997
\nCall Number: F1921 .H126 1997 (Boca Raton Media Center)<\/p>\n

A Haiti Anthology: lib\u00e8te<\/em><\/strong>
\n<\/em>Edited by Charles Arthur and Michael Dash. Markus Wiener Publishers, 1999
\nCall Number: F1921 .H13 1999<\/p>\n

Haiti in the Balance: Why Foreign Aid Has Failed and What We Can Do About It<\/em><\/strong>
\n<\/em>By Terry F. Buss. Brookings Institution Press, 2008
\nCall Number: F1921 .B88 2008<\/p>\n

The History of Haiti<\/em><\/strong>
\n<\/em>By Steeve Coupeau. Greenwood Press, 2008
\nCall Number: F1921 .C68 2008 (Also available online via NetLibrary)<\/p>\n

Krik? Krak!: Tales of a Nightmare <\/em><\/strong>(VHS)
\nDirected by Jac Avila and Vanyoska Gee. Facets Video, 2000
\nCall Number: F1928.2 .K74 2000 (Boca Raton Media Center)<\/p>\n

Migrant Revolutions: Haitian Literature, Globalization, and U.S. Imperialism<\/em><\/strong>
\n<\/em>By Valerie Kaussen. Lexington Books, 2008
\nCall Number: PQ3498.5 .H2 K38 2008<\/p>\n

Of Men and Gods: Des Hommes et des Dieux <\/em><\/strong>(VHS)
\nDirected by Anne Lescot and Laurence Magloire. Documentary Educational Resources, 2002
\nCall Number: HQ76.2 .H3 O35 2002 (Boca Raton Media Center)<\/p>\n

The Plight of Haitian Refugees<\/em><\/strong>
\n<\/em>By Jake C. Miller. Praeger, 1984
\nCall Number: E184 .H27 M54<\/p>\n

Plunging into Haiti: Clinton, Aristide, and the Defeat of Diplomacy<\/em><\/strong>
\n<\/em>By Ralph Pezzullo. University Press of Mississippi, 2006
\nCall Number: F1928.2 .P49 2006<\/p>\n

Pride Against Prejudice: Haitians in the United States<\/em><\/strong>
\n<\/em>By Alex Stepick. Allyn and Bacon, 1998
\nCall Number: E184 .H27 S74 1998<\/p>\n

The Prophet and Power: Jean-Bertrand Aristide, the International Community, and Haiti<\/em><\/strong>
\n<\/em>By Alex Dupuy. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2007
\nCall Number: F1928.2 .D87 2007<\/p>\n

Public Vodun Ceremonies in Haiti <\/em><\/strong>(VHS)
\nDirected by Yvonne Payne Daniel. Insight Media, 1997
\nCall Number: BL2490 .P83 1997 (Boca Raton Media Center)<\/p>\n

Red & Black in Haiti: Radicalism, Conflict, and Political Change, 1934-1957<\/em><\/strong>
\n<\/em>By Matthew J. Smith. University of North Carolina Press, 2009
\nCall Number: F1927 .S656 2009<\/p>\n

Reinterpreting the Haitian Revolution and Its Cultural Aftershocks<\/em><\/strong>
\n<\/em>Edited by Martin Munro and Elizabeth Walcott-Hackshaw. University of West Indies Press, 2006
\nCall Number: F1923 .R457 2006<\/p>\n

Reproducing Inequities: Poverty and the Politics of Population in Haiti<\/em><\/strong>
\n<\/em>By M. Catherine Maternowska. Rutgers University Press, 2006
\nCall Number: HC153 .Z9 P65 2006<\/p>\n

Revolutionary Freedoms: A History of Survival, Strength and Imagination in Haiti<\/em><\/strong>
\n<\/em>Edited by C\u00e9cile Accilien, Jessica Adams, and Elmide M\u00e9l\u00e9ance. Caribbean Studies Press, 2006
\nCall Number: F1921 .R48 2006<\/p>\n

The Roots of Haitian Despotism<\/em><\/strong>
\n<\/em>By Robert Fatton, Jr. Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2007
\nCall Number: F1921 .F38 2007<\/p>\n

Sleeping Rough in Port-au-Prince: An Ethnography of Street Children and Violence in Haiti<\/em><\/strong>
\n<\/em>By J. Christopher Kovats-Bernat. University Press of Florida, 2006
\nCall Number: HV875.58 .H22 P674 2006<\/p>\n

Social Resilience and State Fragility in Haiti<\/em><\/strong>
\n<\/em>World Bank, 2007
\nCall Number: HC153 .S63 2007<\/p>\n

Toussaint Louverture: A Biography<\/em><\/strong>
\n<\/em>By Madison Smartt Bell. Pantheon Books, 2007
\nCall Number: F1923 .T69 B45 2007<\/p>\n

Toussaint’s Clause: The Founding Fathers and the Haitian Revolution<\/em><\/strong>
\n<\/em>By Gordon S. Brown. University Press of Mississippi, 2005
\nCall Number: E310.7 .B76 2005<\/p>\n

Tree of Liberty: Cultural Legacies of the Haitian Revolution in the Atlantic World<\/em><\/strong>
\n<\/em>Edited by Doris L. Garraway. University of Virginia Press, 2008
\nCall Number: F1923 .T975 2008<\/p>\n

An Unbroken Agony: Haiti, from Revolution to the Kidnapping of a President<\/em><\/strong>
\n<\/em>By Randall Robinson. Basic Civitas Books, 2007
\nCall Number: F1928.23 .A75 R36 2007<\/p>\n

Universal Emancipation: The Haitian Revolution and the Radical Enlightenment<\/em><\/strong>
\n<\/em>By Nick Nesbitt. University of Virginia Press, 2008
\nCall Number: F1923 .N47 2008<\/p>\n

Voodoo and the Church in Haiti<\/em> <\/strong>(VHS)
\nDirected by Bob Richards. University of California, Extension Media Center, 1988
\nCall Number: VH 3445 (Boca Raton Media Center)<\/p>\n

Vodou: Visions and Voices of Haiti<\/em><\/strong>
\n<\/em>By Phyllis Galembo. Ten Speed, 2005
\nCall Number: BL2490 .G32 2005<\/p>\n

Vodou Nation: Haitian Art Music and Cultural Nationalism<\/em><\/strong>
\n<\/em>By Michael Largey. University of Chicago Press, 2006
\nCall Number: ML3565 .L35 2006<\/p>\n

Voyage of Dreams: A Documentary Essay<\/strong> <\/em>(VHS)
\nDirected by Collis Davis. Cinema Guild, 1983
\nCall Number: VH 1710 (Boca Raton Media Center)<\/p>\n

Why the Cocks Fight: Dominicans, Haitians, and the Struggle for Hispaniola<\/em><\/strong>
\n<\/em>By Michele Wucker. Hill and Wang, 1999
\nCall Number: F1938.25 .H2 W83 1999 (At Jupiter)<\/p>\n

Written in Blood: The Story of the Haitian People, 1492-1995<\/em><\/strong>
\n<\/em>By Robert Debs Heinl and Nancy Gordon Heinl. University Press of America, 2005
\nCall Number: F1921 .H44 2005<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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