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The Militarization Of Prayer In America: White And Native American Spiritual Warfare, Elizabeth Mcalister
The Militarization Of Prayer In America: White And Native American Spiritual Warfare, Elizabeth Mcalister
Elizabeth McAlister
The Color Of Christ In Haiti, Elizabeth Mcalister
The Color Of Christ In Haiti, Elizabeth Mcalister
Elizabeth McAlister
Le Festival Rara En Haiti: Travail Religieux Et Divertissement Public En Temps D'Insécurite Et De Troubles, Elizabeth Mcalister
Le Festival Rara En Haiti: Travail Religieux Et Divertissement Public En Temps D'Insécurite Et De Troubles, Elizabeth Mcalister
Elizabeth McAlister
Humanitarian Adhocracy, Transnational New Apostolic Missions, And Evangelical Anti-Dependency In A Haitian Refugee Camp, Elizabeth Mcalister
Humanitarian Adhocracy, Transnational New Apostolic Missions, And Evangelical Anti-Dependency In A Haitian Refugee Camp, Elizabeth Mcalister
Elizabeth McAlister
Soundscapes Of Disaster And Humanitarianism: Survival Singing, Relief Telethons, And The Haiti Earthquake, Elizabeth Mcalister
Soundscapes Of Disaster And Humanitarianism: Survival Singing, Relief Telethons, And The Haiti Earthquake, Elizabeth Mcalister
Elizabeth McAlister
This essay first listens, on one hand, to music made by Haitians, for Haitians, close to the epicenter, in the direct aftermath of the Haiti 2010 earthquake. On the other hand, it considers music made by (mostly) North Americans for (mostly) other Americans, in telethon performances far away in New York and Los Angeles and London, weeks after the event. I argue that Haitians used music, and particularly religious singing, self-reflexively, in a culturally patterned way, to orient themselves in time and space, and to construct a frame of meaning in which to understand and act in the devastated Haitian …
Slaves, Cannibals, And Infected Hyper-Whites: The Race And Religion Of Zombies, Elizabeth Mcalister
Slaves, Cannibals, And Infected Hyper-Whites: The Race And Religion Of Zombies, Elizabeth Mcalister
Elizabeth McAlister
From Slave Revolt To A Blood Pact With Satan: The Evangelical Rewriting Of Haitian History, Elizabeth Mcalister
From Slave Revolt To A Blood Pact With Satan: The Evangelical Rewriting Of Haitian History, Elizabeth Mcalister
Elizabeth McAlister
Enslaved Africans and Creoles in the French colony of Saint-Domingue are said to have gathered at a nighttime meeting at a place called Bois Caïman in what was both political rally and religious ceremony, weeks before the Haitian Revolution in 1791. The slave ceremony is known in Haitian history as a religio-political event and used frequently as a source of inspiration by nationalists, but in the 1990s, neo-evangelicals rewrote the story of the famous ceremony as a ‘‘blood pact with Satan.’’ This essay traces the social links and biblical logics that gave rise first to the historical record, and then …
En Haiti, La Musique Prend Le Pouvoir, Elizabeth Mcalister
En Haiti, La Musique Prend Le Pouvoir, Elizabeth Mcalister
Elizabeth McAlister
No abstract provided.
The Bad Boy Makes Good, Elizabeth Mcalister
The Bad Boy Makes Good, Elizabeth Mcalister
Elizabeth McAlister
What Michel "Sweet Micky" Martelly, Haiti's pop star turned president, learned from a lifetime in music.
The Lucky Ones, Elizabeth Mcalister
Listening For Geographies: Music As Sonic Compass Pointing Towards African And Christian Diasporic Horizons In The Caribbean, Elizabeth Mcalister
Listening For Geographies: Music As Sonic Compass Pointing Towards African And Christian Diasporic Horizons In The Caribbean, Elizabeth Mcalister
Elizabeth McAlister
Can musical sounds reveal history, or collective identity, or new notions of geography, in different ways than texts or migrating people themselves? This essay offers the idea that the sounds of music, with their capacity to index memories and associations, become sonic points on a cognitive compass that orients diasporic people in time and space. Whereas researchers often focus on the national diasporas produced through the recent shifts and flows of globalization, I illustrate some of the limits of the concept of national and ethnic diaspora to understand how Caribbean groups form networks and imagine themselves to be situated. This …
A Crisis Of Faith And Meaning: Understanding The Haiti Earthquake, Elizabeth Mcalister
A Crisis Of Faith And Meaning: Understanding The Haiti Earthquake, Elizabeth Mcalister
Elizabeth McAlister
This radio segment explores how the three largest religious groups in Haiti, Catholics, Pentecostals, and practitioners of Vodou, are using their faith to interpret what happened. Hosted by Maureen Fiedler.
Perspectives On Haiti's Earthquake, Elizabeth Mcalister
Perspectives On Haiti's Earthquake, Elizabeth Mcalister
Elizabeth McAlister
No abstract provided.
Why Does Haiti Suffer So Much?, Elizabeth Mcalister
Why Does Haiti Suffer So Much?, Elizabeth Mcalister
Elizabeth McAlister
No abstract provided.
Vodou's View Of The Quake, Elizabeth Mcalister
Vodou's View Of The Quake, Elizabeth Mcalister
Elizabeth McAlister
No abstract provided.
Devil's Logic: Behind Pat Robertson's Haitian Blame Game, Elizabeth Mcalister
Devil's Logic: Behind Pat Robertson's Haitian Blame Game, Elizabeth Mcalister
Elizabeth McAlister
No abstract provided.
Haiti And The Unseen World, Elizabeth Mcalister
Haiti And The Unseen World, Elizabeth Mcalister
Elizabeth McAlister
The religious imagery of Vodou points to the covert and often illegal world of deal making in the Haitian political and economic spheres.
Religion In Post-Earthquake Haiti, Elizabeth Mcalister, Leslie Desmangles
Religion In Post-Earthquake Haiti, Elizabeth Mcalister, Leslie Desmangles
Elizabeth McAlister
No abstract provided.
From The Rubble To The Telethon: Music, Religion, And The Haiti Quake, Elizabeth Mcalister
From The Rubble To The Telethon: Music, Religion, And The Haiti Quake, Elizabeth Mcalister
Elizabeth McAlister
No abstract provided.
Poster Child, Elizabeth Mcalister, Lovely Nicolas
Poster Child, Elizabeth Mcalister, Lovely Nicolas
Elizabeth McAlister
Obama, Zombies, And Black Male Messiahs, Elizabeth Mcalister
Obama, Zombies, And Black Male Messiahs, Elizabeth Mcalister
Elizabeth McAlister
Globalization And The Religious Production Of Space, Elizabeth Mcalister
Globalization And The Religious Production Of Space, Elizabeth Mcalister
Elizabeth McAlister
No abstract provided.
Roundtable: Haitian Music (Part 2) "What Does Revolution Sound Like?", Elizabeth Mcalister
Roundtable: Haitian Music (Part 2) "What Does Revolution Sound Like?", Elizabeth Mcalister
Elizabeth McAlister
Five writers continue their conversation about music and history in Haiti for The New Yorker.
Sacred Stories From The Haitian Diaspora: A Collective Biography Of Seven Vodou Priestesses In New York City, Elizabeth Mcalister
Sacred Stories From The Haitian Diaspora: A Collective Biography Of Seven Vodou Priestesses In New York City, Elizabeth Mcalister
Elizabeth McAlister
No abstract provided.
The Lucky Ones, Elizabeth Mcalister
The Madonna Of 115th Street Revisited: Vodou And Haitian Catholicism In The Age Of Transnationalism, Elizabeth Mcalister
The Madonna Of 115th Street Revisited: Vodou And Haitian Catholicism In The Age Of Transnationalism, Elizabeth Mcalister
Elizabeth McAlister
No abstract provided.
A Sorcerer's Bottle: The Visual Art Of Magic In Haiti, Elizabeth Mcalister
A Sorcerer's Bottle: The Visual Art Of Magic In Haiti, Elizabeth Mcalister
Elizabeth McAlister
No abstract provided.
Love, Sex, And Gender Embodied: The Spirits Of Hatian Vodou, Elizabeth Mcalister
Love, Sex, And Gender Embodied: The Spirits Of Hatian Vodou, Elizabeth Mcalister
Elizabeth McAlister
No abstract provided.
The Rite Of Baptism In Haitian Vodou, Elizabeth Mcalister
The Rite Of Baptism In Haitian Vodou, Elizabeth Mcalister
Elizabeth McAlister
No abstract provided.
Roundtable: Haitian Music (Part 1), Elizabeth Mcalister
Roundtable: Haitian Music (Part 1), Elizabeth Mcalister
Elizabeth McAlister
Five writers discuss music and history in Haiti for The New Yorker.