Tropical apocalypse : Haiti and the Caribbean end times /
Haiti and the Caribbean end times
Martin Munro.
- Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, (c)2015.
- 1 online resource
- New world studies .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction -- The Duvaliers and apocalyptic memory -- Utopian ends: Aristide and the apocalypse -- The chimeres and the Haitian antihero -- Religion, nature, and the apocalypse -- Conclusion.
"This book offers both a history of apocalyptic culture in the Caribbean and an up-to-date account of the social, political, environmental, religious, and economic factors that have brought apocalypse back to prominence in the region"--
9780813938219
Haitian literature--History and criticism.--20th century Apocalypse in literature. Apocalypse in motion pictures. Psychic trauma--Caribbean Area. Literature and history--Caribbean Area. End of the world in literature.