Duvalier's Ghosts: Race, Diaspora, and U.S. Imperialism in Haitian Literatures

Contents

Contents Preface: “Haïti existe!” xi Acknowledgments xxix Introduction. Kalfou Danjere: State Apparatus, War Machine, and Terror in a Transnational Context 1 Part 1. Policed Waters, Transatlantic Military Zones 1. Rethinking the Black Atlantic: Trans-American Regimes of Violence, Epistemological Occlusions 45 2. Lòt Bò Dlo: Transatlantic Journeys, Haitian Refugees, and the Perils of the Black Atlantic 67 3. Liminal Citizens: Drifting between Ginen and Guantánamo 91 Part 2. Occupied Lands, Aborted States, Arrested Developments 4. Lapè Nan Vant: Hunger, Poverty, and Food Economies 117 5. Aborted States of Development?: Haiti’s Historical Revenants, Post-Duvalier’s Daughters 146 Part 3. State Violence in a Transnational Context 6. Le Cri des Oiseaux Fous: Duvalierism, Development, State Violence, and Duvalierism without Duvalier 177 7. Amour Douleur Folie: State Violence and Post-Duvalierist Revenants 201 8. “He Came to Kill the Preacher”: Saints, Martyrs, Torturers, and Post-Duvalierist Returns 219 Notes 253 Bibliography 275 Index 303 This page intentionally left blank. ...