{"product_id":"haiti-and-the-united-states-j-michael-dash-9780333680179","title":"Haiti and the United States: National Stereotypes and the Literary Imagination","description":"Imaginative literature, argues Michael Dash, does not merely reflect, but actively influences historical events. He demonstrates this by a close examination of the relations between Haiti and the United States through the imaginative literature of both countries. The West's mythification of Haiti is a strategy used to justify either ostracism or domination, a process traced here from the nineteenth-century until it emerges with a voyeuristic fierceness in the 1960s. In an effort to resist these stereotypes, Haitian literature becomes a subversive manoeuvre permitting Haitians to 'rewrite' themselves. The Unites States 'invented' Haiti as a land of savagery and mystery, a source of evil and shame. Weaving together text and historical context, Dash discusses the durability of these images, which continue to shape official policy and popular attitudes today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e J. Michael Dash\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0333680170\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780333680179\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Palgrave MacMillan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/11\/1996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 182\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.63d","brand":"J. Michael Dash","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47421395173631,"sku":"9780333680179","price":109.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_18cf0c0e-80ed-44a0-84cb-37fcd2b1aa77.jpg?v=1761526837","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/haiti-and-the-united-states-j-michael-dash-9780333680179","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}