After the Dance
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DURING CARNIVAL JACMEL is not a town or a city.
About this book
"Edwidge Danticat had long been scared off from Carnival by a loved one, who spun tales of people dislocating hips from gyrating with too much abandon, losing their voices from singing too loudly, going deaf from the clamor of immense speakers, and being punched, stabbed, pummeled, or fondled by other lustful revelers. Now an adult, she resolves to return and exorcise her Carnival demons. She spends a week before Carnival in the area around Jacmel, exploring the rolling hills and lush forests and meeting the people who live and die in them. During her journeys she traces the heroic and tragic history of the island, from French colonists and Haitian revolutionaries to American invaders and home-grown dictators. Danticat also introduces us to many of the performers, artists, and organizers who re-create the myths and legends that bring the Carnival festivities to life."--BOOK JACKET.
Themes & subjects
Social life and customsManners and customsKarnevalCarnivalHaiti, social life and customsCarnival, south america
First published 2002Setting
HaitiJacmelJacmel (Haiti)
About the author
Edwidge Danticat
1969
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