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Urban dwellings, Haitian citizenships : housing, memory, and daily life in Haiti / Vincent Joos.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Joos, Vincent, author.
- Series:
- Critical Caribbean Studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Earthquake relief--Haiti--History--21st century.
- Earthquake relief.
- Infrastructure (Economics)--Haiti.
- Infrastructure (Economics).
- Housing--Haiti.
- Housing.
- Haiti Earthquake, Haiti, 2010--Social aspects.
- Haiti Earthquake, Haiti, 2010.
- Haiti Earthquake, Haiti, 2010--Economic aspects.
- Haiti--Economic conditions--21st century.
- Haiti.
- Haiti--Social conditions--21st century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (241 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Urban Dwellings, Haitian Citizenships
- Place of Publication:
- New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2022]
- Summary:
- Urban Dwellings, Haitian Citizenships explores the failed international reconstruction of Port-au-Prince after the devastating 2010 earthquake. It describes the failures of international aid in Haiti while it analyzes examples of Haitian-based reconstruction and economic practices. By interrogating the relationship between indigenous uses of the cityscape and the urbanization of the countryside within a framework that centers on the violence of urban planning, the book shows that the forms of economic development promoted by international agencies institutionalize impermanence and instability. Conversely, it shows how everyday Haitians use and transform the city to create spaces of belonging and forms of citizenship anchored in a long history of resistance to extractive economies. Taking readers into the remnants of failed industrial projects in Haitian provinces and into the streets, rubble, and homes of Port-au-Prince, this book reflects on the possibilities and meanings of dwelling in post-disaster urban landscapes.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Introduction
- 1 Developing Disasters
- 2 Industrial Futures
- 3 State Interventions
- 4 Inhabiting Port-au-Prince after 2010
- 5 Daily Life in the Shotgun Neighborhoods of Downtown Port-au-Prince
- Demolishing Shotgun Neighborhoods
- Conclusion
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- References
- Index
- About the Author
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-9788-2060-7
- 1-9788-2062-3
- OCLC:
- 1285170655
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