Beyond Rebellion and Exoticism

Table Of Contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Epigraph
• Table of Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Notes
• Chapter 1 Massillon Coicou: A Reflection on Slavery and Christianity
• Introduction
• Biography of Massillon Coicou
• “Complaintes d’Esclave” (“The Slave’s Lament”)
• Conclusion
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Chapter 2 The Notion of Power in The Tragedy of King Christophe of Aimé Césaire
• Introduction
• Biography of Aimé Césaire
• Exerting power
• Conclusion
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Chapter 3 The Esthetics of Protest: Jacques Roumain’s Literary Indictment of the American Occupation of Haiti and the Haitian Catholic Church
• Introduction
• The American Occupation of Haiti
• Roumain’s Fight Against the Anti-superstition Campaign
• Analysis of “Nouveau Sermon Nègre”
• Conclusion
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Chapter 4 The Representation of Women’s Incarceration During the Duvalier Regimes: Anne-Christine d’Adesky’s Feminist Perspective in Under the Bone
• Introduction
• Biography of Anne-Christine d’Adesky
• Under the Bone
• Conclusion
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Chapter 5 Jean-Claude Martineau: Songs as Cautionary Tales
• Introduction
• Biography of Jean-Claude Martineau
• Analysis of “Vyewo”
• Conclusion
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Chapter 6 Time for Action: “Manman, pa ban m tete ankò” (Mother, stop breastfeeding me)
• Introduction
• Biography of Emmanuel W. Védrine
• “Manman, pa ban m tete ankò”
• Conclusion
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Conclusion
• Notes
• Index

Wedsly Turenne Guerrier

Beyond Rebellion and Exoticism

Selected Visions of Haiti 1892–1994

New York · Berlin · Bruxelles · Chennai · Lausanne · Oxford

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Names: Guerrier, Wedsly Turenne, author.

Title: Beyond rebellion and exoticism : selected visions of Haiti 1892-1994 / Wedsly Turenne Guerrier.

Description: United States of America : Peter Lang, 2025. | Series: Caribbean studies, 1098-4186 ; vol. 31 | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2025008947 (print) | LCCN 2025008948 (ebook) | ISBN 9783034354622 (paperback) | ISBN 9783034354639 (ebook) | ISBN 9783034354646 (epub)

Subjects: LCSH: Haitian literature--History and criticism. | Haiti--In literature. | LCGFT: Literary criticism.

Classification: LCC PQ3948.5.H2 G84 2025 (print) | LCC PQ3948.5.H2 (ebook) | DDC 840.9/972940904--dc23/eng/20250508

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ISSN 1098-4186

ISBN 978-3-0343-5462-2 (Print)

ISBN 978-3-0343-5463-9 (ePDF)

ISBN 978-3-0343-5464-6 (ePUB)

DOI 10.3726/b22920

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This book is dedicated to the Guerrier family

Especially my nieces and nephews

Serena Carlin, Jamarah Shammah Guerrier, Abbygaëlle Marthe Guerrier

Amhine Belonie Guerrier, Everly Ara Rose Guerrier, Elora Peregrine Guerrier

Abed-Nedjah Desty, Abenadaï Desty, Abijah Desty,

Windsley Edler Guerrier, Jayden Edler Guerrier

Rise up damned of the earth

Rise up prisoners of starvation

—Jacques Roumain

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter 1 Massillon Coicou: A Reflection on Slavery and Christianity

Chapter 2 The Notion of Power in The Tragedy of King Christophe of Aimé Césaire

Chapter 3 The Esthetics of Protest: Jacques Roumain’s Literary Indictment of the American Occupation of Haiti and the Haitian Catholic Church

Chapter 4 The Representation of Women’s Incarceration During the Duvalier Regimes: Anne-Christine d’Adesky’s Feminist Perspective in Under the Bone

Chapter 5 Jean-Claude Martineau: Songs as Cautionary Tales

Chapter 6 Time for Action: “Manman, pa ban m tete ankò” (Mother, stop breastfeeding me)

Conclusion

Index

Acknowledgments

I deeply appreciate the opportunity that the authors Anne-Christine D’Adesky, Emmanuel W. Védrine, and Jean-Claude Martineau provided me with to interview them for this book. These interviews help to furnish crucial information about their lives and their works that the readers will really enjoy.

I am additionally indebted to Dr. Lewis Ampidu Clorméus and Dr. Francois Pierre-Louis for reviewing and writing the endorsements for this book.

I also owe a debt of gratitude to the Chair of World Languages and Cultures department at Bronx Community College, Dr. Alexander Lamazares, for not only guiding me through the tenure and promotion process, but also for creating an enjoyable environment in which Faculty and staff can flourish and blossom.