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Taking Haiti

Military Occupation and the Culture of U.S. Imperialism, 1915-1940

Mary A Renda
Livre broché | Anglais | Gender and American Culture
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The U.S. invasion of Haiti in July 1915 marked the start of a military occupation that lasted for nineteen years -- and fed an American fascination with Haiti that flourished even longer. Exploring the cultural dimensions of U.S. contact with Haiti during the occupation and its aftermath, Mary Renda shows that what Americans thought and wrote about Haiti during those years contributed in crucial and unexpected ways to an emerging culture of U.S. imperialism.

At the heart of this emerging culture, Renda argues, was American paternalism, which saw Haitians as wards of the United States. She explores the ways in which diverse Americans -- including activists, intellectuals, artists, missionaries, marines, and politicians -- responded to paternalist constructs, shaping new versions of American culture along the way. Her analysis draws on a rich record of U.S. discourses on Haiti, including the writings of policymakers; the diaries, letters, songs, and memoirs of marines stationed in Haiti; and literary works by such writers as Eugene O'Neill, James Weldon Johnson, Langston Hughes, and Zora Neale Hurston.

Pathbreaking and provocative, Taking Haiti illuminates the complex interplay between culture and acts of violence in the making of the American empire.

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Nombre de pages :
432
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Anglais
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EAN:
9780807849385
Date de parution :
18-06-01
Format:
Livre broché
Format numérique:
Trade paperback (VS)
Dimensions :
156 mm x 236 mm
Poids :
644 g

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