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Author Munro, Martin, author

Title Tropical apocalypse : Haiti and the Caribbean end times / Martin Munro
Published Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2015
©2015

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Description 1 online resource
Series New world studies
New World studies.
Contents Introduction -- The Duvaliers and apocalyptic memory -- Utopian ends: Aristide and the apocalypse -- The chimeres and the Haitian antihero -- Religion, nature, and the apocalypse -- Conclusion
Summary "This book offers both a history of apocalyptic culture in the Caribbean and an up-to-date account of the social, political, environmental, religious, and economic factors that have brought apocalypse back to prominence in the region"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Haitian literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism
Apocalypse in literature.
Apocalypse in motion pictures.
Psychic trauma -- Caribbean Area
Literature and history -- Caribbean Area
End of the world in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- French.
LITERARY CRITICISM -- Caribbean & Latin American.
End of the world in literature
Apocalypse in literature
Apocalypse in motion pictures
Haitian literature
Literature
Literature and history
Psychic trauma
Social conditions
SUBJECT Haiti -- In literature
Haiti -- Social conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85058370
Subject Caribbean Area
Haiti
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2015007794
ISBN 9780813938219
081393821X
Other Titles Haiti and the Caribbean end times