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Urban Vodou: Politics and Popular Street Art in Haiti
Pablo Butcher
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Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 120 colour. BIC Classification: 1KJH; AJC; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 279 x 12. Weight in Grams: 626.
From 1986 to 1994 the Caribbean nation of Haiti experienced a series of dramatic events: the overthrow of 'Baby Doc' Duvalier, the violent disruption of voting, the overwhelming electoral victory of Jean-Bertrand Aristide, a coup d etat and a US-led military operation to return Aristide to power. Even by Haiti's standards, these were exceptional episodes in a long history of political instability and social unrest. The world s media chronicled Haiti's turbulent trajectory through newspaper articles and news films. But perhaps more importantly, Haitians themselves reacted to the cycle of hope and despair that made up their daily lives in ... Read more
From 1986 to 1994 the Caribbean nation of Haiti experienced a series of dramatic events: the overthrow of 'Baby Doc' Duvalier, the violent disruption of voting, the overwhelming electoral victory of Jean-Bertrand Aristide, a coup d etat and a US-led military operation to return Aristide to power. Even by Haiti's standards, these were exceptional episodes in a long history of political instability and social unrest. The world s media chronicled Haiti's turbulent trajectory through newspaper articles and news films. But perhaps more importantly, Haitians themselves reacted to the cycle of hope and despair that made up their daily lives in ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Interlink Pub Group
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781904955603
SKU
V9781904955603
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About Pablo Butcher
Pablo Butcher is a photographer living in France and a frequent visitor to Haiti. Carl Hermann Middelanis is a German academic with a special interest in Haitian history and literature.
Reviews for Urban Vodou: Politics and Popular Street Art in Haiti
'Urban Vodou, Pablo Butcher's photographic record of Haitian street art has a valedictory tone as most of the murals caught in his lens over the years vanished in the earthquake too. With startling immediacy, the photographs capture a fairground gaudiness and harlequin carnival of colour... Above all, there is history: the national heroes Jean-Jacques Dessalines and Toussaint L'Ouverture are portrayed ... Read more