Author: 
Celucien L. Joseph, Suchismita Banerjee, Marvin E. Hobson, Danny M. Hoey, eds.
Reviewer: 
Nadège Clitandre

Clitandre on Joseph and Banerjee and Hobson and Hoey, 'Approaches to Teaching the Works of Edwidge Danticat'

Celucien L. Joseph, Suchismita Banerjee, Marvin E. Hobson, Danny M. Hoey, eds. Approaches to Teaching the Works of Edwidge Danticat. New York: Routledge, 2020. 381 pp. $52.95 (paper), ISBN 978-1-03-224030-5.

Reviewed by Nadège Clitandre (University of California, Santa Barbara) Published on H-Haiti (March, 2023) Commissioned by Chelsea Stieber (Catholic University of America)

Author: 
Roberto Strongman
Reviewer: 
Marietta Kosma

Kosma on Strongman, 'Queering Black Atlantic Religions: Transcorporeality in Candomblé, Santería, and Vodou'

Roberto Strongman. Queering Black Atlantic Religions: Transcorporeality in Candomblé, Santería, and Vodou. Durham: Duke University Press, 2019. xi + 284 pp. $26.95 (paper), ISBN 978-1-4780-0310-6.

Reviewed by Marietta Kosma (University of Oxford) Published on H-Atlantic (April, 2022) Commissioned by Bryan Rindfleisch (Marquette University)

Author: 
Chelsey L. Kivland
Reviewer: 
Vincent Joos

Joos on Kivland, 'Street Sovereigns: Young Men and the Makeshift State in Urban Haiti'

Chelsey L. Kivland. Street Sovereigns: Young Men and the Makeshift State in Urban Haiti. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2020. xxvii + 274 pp. $125.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-5017-4698-7; $29.95 (paper), ISBN 978-1-5017-4699-4.

Reviewed by Vincent Joos (Florida State University) Published on H-Haiti (February, 2022) Commissioned by Grégory Pierrot (University of Connecticut at Stamford)

Author: 
Jean-Pierre Le Glaunec
Reviewer: 
Frances Bell

Bell on Le Glaunec, 'The Cry of Vertieres: Liberation, Memory, and the Beginning of Haiti'

Jean-Pierre Le Glaunec. The Cry of Vertieres: Liberation, Memory, and the Beginning of Haiti. Translated by Jonathan Kaplansky. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2020. 256 pp. $29.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-228-00140-9.

Reviewed by Frances Bell (College of William & Mary) Published on H-Haiti (November, 2020) Commissioned by Chelsea Stieber (Catholic University of America)

Author: 
Jean Alix René
Reviewer: 
Chelsea Stieber

Stieber on Gonzalez, 'Maroon Nation: A History of Revolutionary Haiti' and Jean Alix René, 'Haiti après l'esclavage: Formation de l'état et culture politique populaire (1804-1846)'

Johnhenry Gonzalez. Maroon Nation: A History of Revolutionary Haiti. Yale Agrarian Studies Series. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2019. Illustrations. 320 pp. $40.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-300-23008-6.Jean Alix René. Haiti après l'esclavage: Formation de l'état et culture politique populaire (1804-1846). Port-au-Prince: Editions Le Natal, 2019. 453 pp. n.p. (paper), ISBN 978-999706514-8.

Author: 
Brandon R. Byrd
Reviewer: 
Jeremy D. Popkin

Popkin on Byrd, 'The Black Republic: African Americans and the Fate of Haiti'

Brandon R. Byrd. The Black Republic: African Americans and the Fate of Haiti. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2019. 312 pp. $39.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8122-5170-8.

Reviewed by Jeremy D. Popkin (University of Kentucky) Published on H-Diplo (April, 2020) Commissioned by Seth Offenbach (Bronx Community College, The City University of New York)

Author: 
Johnhenry Gonzalez
Reviewer: 
Elena Schneider

Schneider on Gonzalez, 'Maroon Nation: A History of Revolutionary Haiti'

Johnhenry Gonzalez. Maroon Nation: A History of Revolutionary Haiti. Yale Agrarian Studies Series. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2019. Illustrations. 320 pp. $40.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-300-23008-6.

Reviewed by Elena Schneider (UC Berkeley) Published on H-LatAm (August, 2020) Commissioned by Casey M. Lurtz (Johns Hopkins University)

Author: 
Greg Beckett
Reviewer: 
Claire Payton

Payton on Beckett, 'There Is No More Haiti: Between Life and Death in Port-au-Prince'

Greg Beckett. There Is No More Haiti: Between Life and Death in Port-au-Prince. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2019. 312 pp. $29.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-520-30024-8.

Reviewed by Claire Payton (University of Virginia) Published on H-Haiti (August, 2019) Commissioned by Grégory Pierrot (University of Connecticut at Stamford)

Author: 
Jana Evans Braziel
Reviewer: 
Peter Haffner

Haffner on Braziel, 'Riding with Death: Vodou Art and Urban Ecology in the Streets of Port-au-Prince'

Jana Evans Braziel. Riding with Death: Vodou Art and Urban Ecology in the Streets of Port-au-Prince. Jackson: University of Mississippi, 2017. 276 pp. $65.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-4968-1274-2.

Reviewed by Peter Haffner (Centre College) Published on H-Haiti (September, 2019) Commissioned by Grégory Pierrot (University of Connecticut at Stamford)

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