TY - BOOK AU - Munro,Martin TI - Tropical apocalypse: Haiti and the Caribbean end times T2 - New world studies SN - 9780813938219 AV - PQ3940 .M863 2015eb U1 - 840.9/97294 23 PY - 2015/// CY - Charlottesville PB - University of Virginia Press KW - Haitian literature KW - 20th century KW - History and criticism KW - Apocalypse in literature KW - Apocalypse in motion pictures KW - Psychic trauma KW - Caribbean Area KW - Literature and history KW - End of the world in literature KW - Littérature haïtienne (française) KW - 20e siècle KW - Histoire et critique KW - Fin du monde dans la littérature KW - Fin du monde au cinéma KW - Traumatisme psychique KW - Caraïbes (Région) KW - Littérature et histoire KW - LITERARY CRITICISM KW - European KW - French KW - bisacsh KW - Caribbean & Latin American KW - fast KW - Literature KW - Social conditions KW - Haiti KW - In literature KW - Haïti KW - Conditions sociales KW - Electronic books KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction -- The Duvaliers and apocalyptic memory -- Utopian ends: Aristide and the apocalypse -- The chimeres and the Haitian antihero -- Religion, nature, and the apocalypse -- Conclusion N2 - "This book offers both a history of apocalyptic culture in the Caribbean and an up-to-date account of the social, political, environmental, religious, and economic factors that have brought apocalypse back to prominence in the region"-- UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1017524 ER -