Haitian Modernity and Liberative Interruptions: Discourse on Race, Religion, and Freedom

by Celucien L. Joseph

Book Overview

Joseph investigates the intersections of history, literature, race, religion, decolonization, and freedom that led to the founding of the postcolonial state of Haiti in 1804. 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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761862560
• ISBN13: 9780761862567
• Release Date: December 2013
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Length: 196 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"