Rocks in the water, rocks in the sun : a memoir from the heart of Haiti / Vilmond Joegodson Déralciné and Paul Jackson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Déralciné, Vilmond Joegodson, 1983- author.

Jackson, Paul, 1955- author.

Series:

Our lives--diary, memoir, and letters.

Our Lives: Diary, Memoir, and Letters

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Déralciné, Vilmond Joegodson, 1983-.

Déralciné, Vilmond Joegodson.

Déralciné, Vilmond Joegodson, 1983---Childhood and youth.

Fathers--Haiti--Port-au-Prince--Biography.

Fathers.

Haiti Earthquake, Haiti, 2010.

Haiti--History--1986-.

Haiti.

Haiti--Social conditions.

Haiti--Economic conditions.

Haiti--Religion.

Haiti--Biography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (375 pages)

Place of Publication:

Athabasca University Press 2015

Edmonton, Alberta : AU Press, [2015].

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

"When Joegodson Déralciné was still a small child, his parents left rural Haiti to resettle in the rapidly growing zones of Port-au-Prince. As his family entered the city in 1986, Duvalier and his dictatorship exited. Haitians, once terrorized under Duvalier's reign, were liberated and emboldened to believe that they could take control of their lives. But how? Joining hundreds of thousands of other peasants trying to adjust to urban life, Joegodson and his family sought work and a means of survival. But all they found was low-waged assembly plant jobs of the sort to which the repressive Duvalier regime had opened Haiti's doors--the combination of flexible capital and cheap labour too attractive to multinational manufacturers to be overlooked. With the death of his mother, Joegodson was placed in his uncle's care, and so began a childhood of starvation, endless labour, and abuse. In honest, reflective prose, Joegodson--now a father himself--allows us to walk in the ditches of Cité Soleil, to hide from the macoutes under the bed, to feel the ache of an empty stomach. But, most importantly, he provides an account of life in Haiti from a perspective that is rarely heard. Free of sentimentality and hackneyed clichés, his narrative explores the spirituality of Vodou, Catholicism, and Protestantism, describes the harrowing day of the 2010 earthquake and its aftermath, and illustrates the inner workings of MINUSTAH. Written with Canadian historian Paul Jackson--Joegodson telling his story in Creole, Jackson translating, the two of them then reviewing and reworking--the memoir is a true collaboration, the struggle of two people from different lands and vastly different circumstances to arrive at a place of mutual understanding. In the process, they have given us an unforgettable account of a country determined to survive, and on its own terms."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

PREFACE

Acknowledgements

Chapter one

Chapter two

Chapter three

Chapter four

Chapter five

Chapter six

Chapter seven

Chapter eight

Chapter nine

Chapter ten

Chapter eleven

Chapter twelve

Chapter thirteen

Chapter fourteen

Chapter fifteen

Chapter sixteen

Chapter seventeen

Chapter eighteen

Chapter nineteen

Chapter twenty

Chapter twenty-one

Chapter twenty-two

Chapter twenty-four

Chapter twenty-five

Chapter twenty-six

Chapter twenty-seven

Chapter twenty-eight

Chapter twenty-nine

Chapter thirty

Chapter thirty-one

Chapter thirty-two

Chapter thirty-three

Chapter thirty-four

Chapter thirty-five

Chapter thirty-six

Chapter thirty-seven

Chapter thirty-eight

Chapter thirty-nine

Chapter forty

Chapter forty-one

Chapter forty-three

Chapter forty-five

Chapter forty-six

Chapter forty-seven

Chapter forty-eight

COMMENTARY

Glossary of Haitian Terms

Pawol Granmoun / Haitian Sayings

Chants

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781771990134

1771990139

9781771990127

1771990120

OCLC:

899761620