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Publisher
Cornell University Press
ISBN-10
080148748X
ISBN-13
9780801487484
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Book Title
Walking on Fire : Haitian Women's Stories of Survival and Resistance
Number of Pages
288 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2002
Topic
Sociology / General, Women's Studies, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Caribbean & West Indies / General
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Yes
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Social Science, History
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Trade Paperback
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0.7 in
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16 Oz
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9 in
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6 in
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2001-004057
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"Walking on Fire: Haitian Women's Stories of Survival and Resistance is an extraordinary work. The stories are tremendously moving, powerfully told, and leave one gasping for breath, both at the horror and at the enormity of women's heroism, perseverance, and resistance."-Bettina Aptheker, Professor and Chair , Women's Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz, "The future of engaged feminism is secure if it embraces, without ambivalence, the struggle of women living with a very different kind of violence than that encountered in North America or Europe. Beverly Bell has done us a great service in bringing to light these varied and vivid testimonies of Haiti's cruel modernity and women's resistance to it. Many of the authors of these essays do indeed walk on fire. Some, like Alerte Belance--left for hacked to death after being dumped, along with other activists, in a notorious potter's field--have survived a long, barefoot walk on hot coals and emerged with a message for all of us: 'In my mutilated state, my neck nearly cut in two, my tongue cut in two, my left hand cut in two, my right arm cut in two, God rescued me for a reason. He put his force in me so I could struggle for women, not only to have life, but rights and freedom.'"--Paul Farmer, author of Haiti after the Earthquake, "In transcribing the istwa--stories and history--of these Haitian women, Beverly Bell opens a door that has been closed for much too long. Oppressed beyond imagination, these voices convey sensibility, courage, creativity and power. I am moved at my core."--Margaret Randall, author of Sandino's Daughters Revisited, "The women Bell interviews, many of whom are veteran activists in Haiti's grassroots democracy movement, recount stories of being raped, struggling to feed their families, and being subject to political torture. . . . Bell does her best to balance the painful lives of the women she interviews with the recognition that under such conditions, mere daily survival of the body and the spirit takes tremendous resilience. . . . Perhaps one day the small acts of rebellion that Bell celebrates may help to create a movement capable of political transformation, so that the example of Haiti once again frightens the powerful of the world."-Kimberly Phillips-Fein, Voice Literary Supplement, 1/22/02, "Walking on Fire provides powerful, moving witness to the desperate struggle of these women to protest and-more important-survive. The women who speak out in the pages of Beverly Bell's book offer an eloquent portrait of a poverty that is unrelenting in its meanness."-Amy Wilentz. The Women's Review of Books, Vol. XIX, No. 6, March 2002, "This is painful reading; it shows much suffering but also much remarkable transcendence. Bell's book vocalizes this, but its point is not merely archival. These testimonies are meant to move readers to action."-Publishers Weekly, 12/3/01, "The future of engaged feminism is secure if it embraces, without ambivalence, the struggle of women living with a very different kind of violence than that encountered in North America or Europe. Beverly Bell has done us a great service in bringing to light these varied and vivid testimonies of Haiti's cruel modernity and women's resistance to it. Many of the authors of these essays do indeed walk on fire. Some, like Alerte Belance-left for hacked to death after being dumped , along with other activists, in a notorious potter;s field-have survived a long, barefoot walk on hot coals and emerged with a message for all of us: 'In my mutilated state, my neck nearly cut in two, my tongue cut in two, my left hand cut in two, my right arm cut in two, God rescued me for a reason. He put his force in me so I could struggle for women, not only to have life, but rights and freedom."-Paul Farmer, Harvard Medical School, author of The Uses of Haiti, "Rarely does the voice of Haitian women in Haiti fighting for their rights emerge so clearly to relate their own experiences, battles, and hopes. . . .Despite the harshness of their lives, the honesty and healing potential of the women somehow rises above the unimaginable and lands at the readers' feet."-The Haitian Times, "Walking on Fire illustrates how the dynamics of corporate globalization overlay with local hierarchies, prejudices and systems of patriarchy to impoverish and marginalize women. Most searingly, Walking on Fire reveals the raw violence embedded in these overlapping systems of domination. . . The emotions of horror stirred by the book are matched by a sense of awe and inspiration of the women, many of whom do struggle just to survive, . . . to fight for justice."-Russell Mokhiber and Robert Weissman, Focus on the Corporation, "Walking on Fire is a book of exceptional merit and makes a significant original contribution to general understandings of women's resistance to poverty and oppression in many forms. Beverly Bell is able to provide a deeply compassionate understanding of narratives, physically crushing and morally uplifting experiences, and structures of poor women's lives who seem to be in chaos."--Josh DeWind, Director, International Migration Program at the Social Science Research Council, "The women Bell interviews, many of whom are veteran activists in Haiti's grassroots democracy movement, recount stories of being raped, struggling to feed their families, and being subject to political torture. . . . Bell does her best to balance the painful lives of the women she interviews with the recognition that under such conditions, mere daily survival of the body and the spirit takes tremendous resilience. . . . Perhaps one day the small acts of rebellion that Bell celebrates may help to create a movement capable of political transformation, so that the example of Haiti once again frightens the powerful of the world."--Voice Literary Supplement, "This is painful reading; it shows much suffering but also much remarkable transcendence. Bell's book vocalizes this, but its point is not merely archival. These testimonies are meant to move readers to action."--Publishers Weekly, "Rarely does the voice of Haitian women in Haiti fighting for their rights emerge so clearly to relate their own experiences, battles, and hopes. . . .Despite the harshness of their lives, the honesty and healing potential of the women somehow rises above the unimaginable and lands at the readers' feet."--The Haitian Times, "The future of engaged feminism is secure if it embraces, without ambivalence, the struggle of women living with a very different kind of violence than that encountered in North America or Europe. Beverly Bell has done us a great service in bringing to light these varied and vivid testimonies of Haiti's cruel modernity and women's resistance to it. Many of the authors of these essays do indeed walk on fire. Some, like Alerte Belance-left for hacked to death after being dumped, along with other activists, in a notorious potter's field-have survived a long, barefoot walk on hot coals and emerged with a message for all of us: 'In my mutilated state, my neck nearly cut in two, my tongue cut in two, my left hand cut in two, my right arm cut in two, God rescued me for a reason. He put his force in me so I could struggle for women, not only to have life, but rights and freedom.'"-Paul Farmer, author of Haiti after the Earthquake, Rarely does the voice of Haitian women in Haiti fighting for their rights emerge so clearly to relate their own experiences, battles, and hopes....Despite the harshness of their lives, the honesty and healing potential of the women somehow rises above the unimaginable and lands at the readers' feet., Walking on Fire provides powerful, moving witness to the desperate struggle of these women to protest and--more important--survive. The women who speak out in the pages of Beverly Bell's book offer an eloquent portrait of a poverty that is unrelenting in its meanness., "The women Bell interviews, many of whom are veteran activists in Haiti's grassroots democracy movement, recount stories of being raped, struggling to feed their families, and being subject to political torture. . . . Bell does her best to balance the painful lives of the women she interviews with the recognition that under such conditions, mere daily survival of the body and the spirit takes tremendous resilience. . . . Perhaps one day the small acts of rebellion that Bell celebrates may help to create a movement capable of political transformation, so that the example of Haiti once again frightens the powerful of the world."-Voice Literary Supplement, "This is painful reading; it shows much suffering but also much remarkable transcendence. Bell's book vocalizes this, but its point is not merely archival. These testimonies are meant to move readers to action."-Publishers Weekly, "In this moving book on opposing tyranny and degradation, activist Bell . . . gives face to the numbers by providing a forum for indigenous women to speak about their lives. . . . An antidote to cynicism, the book not only introduces American readers to an array of courageous role models but also proves that change is possible."-Library Journal, "In this moving book on opposing tyranny and degradation, activist Bell . . . gives face to the numbers by providing a forum for indigenous women to speak about their lives. . . . An antidote to cynicism, the book not only introduces American readers to an array of courageous role models but also proves that change is possible."--Library Journal, "Walking on Fire is a book of exceptional merit and makes a significant original contribution to general understandings of women's resistance to poverty and oppression in many forms. Beverly Bell is able to provide a deeply compassionate understanding of narratives, physically crushing and morally uplifting experiences, and structures of poor women's lives who seem to be in chaos."-Josh DeWind, Director, International Migration Program at the Social Science Research Council, "Walking on Fire illustrates how the dynamics of corporate globalization overlay with local hierarchies, prejudices and systems of patriarchy to impoverish and marginalize women. Most searingly, Walking on Fire reveals the raw violence embedded in these overlapping systems of domination. . . The emotions of horror stirred by the book are matched by a sense of awe and inspiration of the women, many of whom do struggle just to survive, . . . to fight for justice."--Focus on the Corporation, "Walking on Fire provides powerful, moving witness to the desperate struggle of these women to protest and--more important--survive. The women who speak out in the pages of Beverly Bell's book offer an eloquent portrait of a poverty that is unrelenting in its meanness."--Women's Review of Books, "Rarely does the voice of Haitian women in Haiti fighting for their rights emerge so clearly to relate their own experiences, battles, and hopes. . . .Despite the harshness of their lives, the honesty and healing potential of the women somehow rises above the unimaginable and lands at the readers' feet."-Macollvie Jean-Francois. The Haitian Times, January 30-February 5, 2002, "Walking on Fire is an extraordinary work. The stories are tremendously moving, powerfully told, and leave one gasping for breath, both at the horror and at the enormity of women's heroism, perseverance, and resistance."--Bettina Aptheker, Professor and Chair, Women's Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz, "Walking on Fire provides powerful, moving witness to the desperate struggle of these women to protest and-more important-survive. The women who speak out in the pages of Beverly Bell's book offer an eloquent portrait of a poverty that is unrelenting in its meanness."-Women's Review of Books, "Beverly Bell's remarkable book allows thirty-eight Haitian women to speak for themselves. Defying victim status, together they tell the story of how Haiti's poor and dispossessed women have fought for their personal and collective survival. They weave together an inspiring study in resistance and alternative models of power."--Susan Sarandon, "In this moving book on opposing tyranny and degradation, activist Bell . . . gives face to the numbers by providing a forum for indigenous women to speak about their lives. . . . An antidote to cynicism, the book not only introduces American readers to an array of courageous role models but also proves that change is possible."-Library Journal, January 2002, "In transcribing the istwa-stories and history-of these Haitian women, Beverly Bell opens a door that has been closed for much too long. Oppressed beyond imagination, these voices convey sensibility, courage, creativity and power. I am moved at my core."-Margaret Randall, author of Sandino's Daughters Revisited, "Walking on Fire is an extraordinary work. The stories are tremendously moving, powerfully told, and leave one gasping for breath, both at the horror and at the enormity of women's heroism, perseverance, and resistance."-Bettina Aptheker, Professor and Chair, Women's Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz, This is painful reading; it shows much suffering but also much remarkable transcendence. Bell's book vocalizes this, but its point is not merely archival. These testimonies are meant to move readers to action., In this moving book on opposing tyranny and degradation, activist Bell... gives face to the numbers by providing a forum for indigenous women to speak about their lives.... An antidote to cynicism, the book not only introduces American readers to an array of courageous role models but also proves that change is possible., "Beverly Bell's remarkable book allows thirty-eight Haitian women to speak for themselves. Defying victim status, together they tell the story of how Haiti's poor and dispossessed women have fought for their personal and collective survival. They weave together an inspiring study in resistance and alternative models of power."-Susan Sarandon, The women Bell interviews, many of whom are veteran activists in Haiti's grassroots democracy movement, recount stories of being raped, struggling to feed their families, and being subject to political torture.... Bell does her best to balance the painful lives of the women she interviews with the recognition that under such conditions, mere daily survival of the body and the spirit takes tremendous resilience.... Perhaps one day the small acts of rebellion that Bell celebrates may help to create a movement capable of political transformation, so that the example of Haiti once again frightens the powerful of the world., "Walking on Fire illustrates how the dynamics of corporate globalization overlay with local hierarchies, prejudices and systems of patriarchy to impoverish and marginalize women. Most searingly, Walking on Fire reveals the raw violence embedded in these overlapping systems of domination. . . The emotions of horror stirred by the book are matched by a sense of awe and inspiration of the women, many of whom do struggle just to survive, . . . to fight for justice."-Focus on the Corporation
Dewey Edition
21
Grade From
College Graduate Student
Dewey Decimal
305.42/097294
Table Of Content
Foreword, by Edwidge Danticat Preface: Beat Back the Darkness Acknowledgments Introduction: The Women of Millet Mountain Part I: Resistance in Survival YOLANDE MEVS - My Head Burning with the Burden ALINA "TIBEBE" CAJUSTE - A Baby Left on the Doorstep in a Rotten Basket LOVLY JOSAPHAT - I Always Live That Hope ROSELIE JEAN-JUSTE - A Woman Named Roselie Who Fought Back VENANTE DUPLAN - I Don't Have the Call, I Don't Have the Response MARIE SONIA PANTAL - School Part II: Resistance as Expression LELENNE GILLES - I'll Die with the Words on My Lips MARCELINE YRELIBN - Singing a Woman's Misery ALINA "TIBEBE" CAJUSTE - Getting the Poetry YANIQUE GUITEAU DANDIN - The Struggle for Creole GRACITA OSIAS - Chaleron's Lesson FLORENCIA PIERRE - The Cultural Soul MARTINE FOURCAND Expanding the Space of Expression Part III: Resistance for Political and Economic Change ALERTE BELANCE - My Blood and My Breath YANNICK ETIENNE - A Grain of Sand CLAUDETTE PHENE - A Little Light YOLETTE ETIENNE - Jumping over the Fire LOUISE MONFILS - The Samaritan VITA TELCY - Five Cans of Corn MARIE JOSEE ST. FIRMIN - Sharing the Dream SELITANE JOSEPH - Chunk of Gold ROSEMIE BELVIUS - Reshuffling the Cards Part IV: Resistance for Gender Justice LISE-MARIE DEJEAN - Minister of the Status and Rights of Women GRACITA OSIAS - The Marriage Question LOUISE MONPILS - Walking with My Little Coffin CLAUDETTE WERLEIGH - Women's Business YOLANDE MEVS - Support for the Children YANIQUE GUITEAU DANDIN - A Country's Problems, A Woman's Problems MARIE ]OSEE ST. FIRMIN - Deciding My Life OLGA BENOIT - Assuming the Title "Feminist" JOSETTE PERARD - The Carriage Is Leaving Part V: Resistance Transforming Power CLAUDETTE WERLEIGH - Lighting Candles of Hope MARIE SONIA DELY - Sharing the Breadfruit LISE-MARIE DEJEAN - The People Say Jump MYRIAM MERLET - The More People Dream YANNICK ETIENNE - You Can't Eat Gumbo with One Finger MYRTO CELESTIN SAUREL - Rocks in the River KESTA OCCIDENT - A Stubborn Hope Epilogue: Resistance as Solidarity ALERTE BELANCE - Get Up, Shake Your BodiesNotes Glossary For Further Research and Involvement Bibliography
Synopsis
Haiti, long noted for poverty and repression, has a powerful and too-often-overlooked history of resistance. Women in Haiti have played a large role in changing the balance of political and social power, even as they have endured rampant and devastating state-sponsored violence, including torture, rape, abuse, illegal arrest, disappearance, and assassination.In Walking on Fire , Beverly Bell, an activist and an expert on Haitian social movements, brings together thirty-eight oral histories from a diverse group of Haitian women. The interviewees include, for example, a former prime minister, an illiterate poet, a leading feminist theologian, and a vodou dancer. Defying victim status despite gender- and state-based repression, they tell how Haiti's poor and dispossessed women have fought for their personal and collective survival.The women's powerfully moving accounts of horror and heroism can best be characterized by the Creole word istwa, which means both "story" and "history." They combine theory with case studies concerning resistance, gender, and alternative models of power. Photographs of the women who have lived through Haiti's recent past accompany their words to further personalize the interviews in Walking on Fire ., Haiti, long noted for poverty and repression, has a powerful and too-often-overlooked history of resistance. Women in Haiti have played a large role in changing the balance of political and social power, even as they have endured rampant and..., Haiti, long noted for poverty and repression, has a powerful and too-often-overlooked history of resistance. Women in Haiti have played a large role in changing the balance of political and social power, even as they have endured rampant and devastating state-sponsored violence, including torture, rape, abuse, illegal arrest, disappearance, and assassination. Beverly Bell, an activist and an expert on Haitian social movements, brings together thirty-eight oral histories from a diverse group of Haitian women. The interviewees include, for example, a former prime minister, an illiterate poet, a leading feminist theologian, and a vodou dancer. Defying victim status despite gender- and state-based repression, they tell how Haiti's poor and dispossessed women have fought for their personal and collective survival. The women's powerfully moving accounts of horror and heroism can best be characterized by the Creole word istwa, which means both "story" and "history." They combine theory with case studies concerning resistance, gender, and alternative models of power. Photographs of the women who have lived through Haiti's recent past accompany their words to further personalize the interviews in Walking on Fire .
LC Classification Number
HQ1511.B45 2002
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