The Rainy Season: Haiti Since DuvalierThis welcome interpretation of Haiti provides many insights into a country that few North Americans understand. Wilentz, a journalist, captures the complex cultural ambience and mystery of domestic politics with a penetrating eye and powerful description. Covering the years 1986-89, Wilentz analyzes political developments, centering her interpretations on the activities of a radical priest, interspersed with individual Haitian portraits and personal incidents. The flavor of Haiti is superbly conveyed, as are some unsavory aspects of the role of the press, the Catholic Church, and the U.S. embassy, but Wilentz's narrative is often unclear and her objectivity flawed. For academic and large public libraries.-- Roderic A. Camp, Central Coll., Pella, Ia . -Library Journal. |
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... knew voodoo mostly from his ethnological studies and his work as a simple country doctor . But he knew it well enough to make use of it . Perhaps Dr. Duvalier sometimes felt the power of voodoo in his gut ; most Haitians do . More ...
... knew voodoo mostly from his ethnological studies and his work as a simple country doctor . But he knew it well enough to make use of it . Perhaps Dr. Duvalier sometimes felt the power of voodoo in his gut ; most Haitians do . More ...
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Haiti Since Duvalier Amy Wilentz. was the only way the peasants knew the presidential candidates , if they knew them at all . They know voices ; this is one reason why all democratic elections in illiterate nations are suspect . In some ...
Haiti Since Duvalier Amy Wilentz. was the only way the peasants knew the presidential candidates , if they knew them at all . They know voices ; this is one reason why all democratic elections in illiterate nations are suspect . In some ...
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... knew where the Little Goat was hidden . Rumors of a coup d'état swirled over Port - au - Prince . No one could believe that an attack like the one that had occurred , unparal- leled even in Papa Doc's time for its cruelty and bravura ...
... knew where the Little Goat was hidden . Rumors of a coup d'état swirled over Port - au - Prince . No one could believe that an attack like the one that had occurred , unparal- leled even in Papa Doc's time for its cruelty and bravura ...
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