{"product_id":"9780312164904","title":"Haiti and the United States: National Stereotypes and the Literary Imagination","description":"\u003ch1\u003eHaiti and the United States: National Stereotypes and the Literary Imagination\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eDash, J. Michael\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003eImaginative 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Palgrave Macmillan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 1996-12-11\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e ISBN-10: 9780312164904\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9780312164904\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-1-349-25219-0\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 216cm x140cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 182\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Palgrave Macmillan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44352552829068,"sku":"9780312164904","price":99.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9780312164904.jpg?v=1755085928","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9780312164904","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}