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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 …
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
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Serving The Spirits Across Two Seas: Vodou Culture In New York And Haiti, Elizabeth Mcalister
Serving The Spirits Across Two Seas: Vodou Culture In New York And Haiti, Elizabeth Mcalister
Elizabeth McAlister