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Democratic Insecurities Violence, Trauma, and Intervention in Haiti

Paperback • 2010 • English

Democratic Insecurities Violence, Trauma, and Intervention in Haiti

By Erica James

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Democratic Insecurities focuses on the ethics of military and humanitarian intervention in Haiti during and after Haiti's 1991 coup. In this remarkable ethnography of violence, Erica Caple James explores the traumas of Haitian victims whose experiences were denied by U.S. officials and recognized only selectively by other humanitarian providers. Using vivid first-person accounts from women survivors, James raises important new questions about humanitarian aid, structural violence, and political ...Show more

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9780520260542

Publisher

University of California Press

Published year

2010

Language

English

Original title

Democratic Insecurities Violence, Trauma, and Intervention in Haiti

Format

Paperback

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