Research Catalog

Title

Haiti fights back : the life and legacy of Charlemagne Péralte / Yveline Alexis.

Author

Alexis, Yveline

Publication

New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, [2021]

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Details

Description

ix, 247 pages : illustrations, map; 24 cm.

Summary

"Haiti Fights Back: The Life and Legacy of Charlemagne Péralte is the first US scholarly examination of the politician and caco leader (guerrilla fighter) who fought against the US military occupation of Haiti. The occupation lasted close to two decades, from 1915-1934. Alexis argues for the importance of documenting resistance while exploring the occupation's mechanics and its imperialism. She takes us to Haiti, exploring the sites of what she labels as resistance zones, including Péralte's hometown of Hinche and the nation's large port areas--Port-au-Prince and Cap-Haïtien. Alexis offers a new reading of US military archival sources that record Haitian protests as banditry. Haiti Fights Back illuminates how Péralte launched a political movement, and meticulously captures how Haitian women and men resisted occupation through silence, military battles, and writings. She locates and assembles rare, multilingual primary sources from traditional repositories, living archives (oral stories), and artistic representations in Haiti and the United States. The interdisciplinary work draws on legislation, cacos' letters, newspapers, and murals, offering a unique examination of Péralte's life (1885-1919) and the significance of his legacy through the 21st century. Haiti Fights Back offers a new approach to the study of the US invasion of the Americas by chronicling how Caribbean people fought back"--

Series Statement

Critical Caribbean studies

Uniform Title

Critical Caribbean studies.

Subject

• Péralte, Charlemagne, 1885-1919
• Péralte, Charlemagne, 1885-1919 > Influence
• 1844-1934
• Revolutionaries > Haiti > Biography
• Revolutionaries
• Haiti > History > American occupation, 1915-1934
• Haiti > History > 1844-1915
• Haiti

Genre/Form

• Biographies.
• History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction : Haiti fights (Ayiti goumen) -- Liberty, equality, and fraternity/humanity (libète, egalité, ak fratènite/imanite) -- U.S. invasion (envazyon Etazini) -- Haitans - rise and defend! (Ayisien(ne) - leve epi defann!) -- Péralte leads (Péralte kòm lidè) -- Violence (vyolans) -- We're still fighting (nou toujou ap goumen) -- Second revolution (dezyèm revolisyon) -- Péralte resurrected (Péralte resisite) -- Liberation with Péralte (liberasyon ak Péralte) -- Péralte will never die ; he remains alive in popular memory (Péralte p'ap janm mouri ; li rete vivan nan memwa popilè).

Call Number

Sc E 22-617

ISBN

• 9781978815407
• 1978815409
• 9781978815414
• 1978815417

LCCN

2020040320

OCLC

1196198342

Author

Alexis, Yveline, author.

Title

Haiti fights back : the life and legacy of Charlemagne Péralte / Yveline Alexis.

Publisher

New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, [2021]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Critical Caribbean studies

Critical Caribbean studies.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chronological Term

1844-1934

Local Subject

Black author.

Research Call Number

Sc E 22-617