Books

Race, Nation and Religion in the Americas (2004)
 
Rara! Vodou, Power and Performance in Haiti and its Diaspora (2002)
 

Articles in Edited Volumes

Listening for Geographies: Music as Sonic Compass Pointing Towards African and Christian Diasporic Horizons in the Caribbean, Geographies of the Haitian Diaspora (2011)

Haitian religious music reveals that even groups with self-consciously diasporic identities premised on a national...

 
From the Rubble to the Telethon: Music, Religion, and the Haiti Quake, Haiti Rising: Haitian History, Culture and the Earthquake of 2010 (2010)
 
Religion in Post-Earthquake Haiti (with Leslie G. Desmangles), Haiti Rising: Haitian History, Culture and the Earthquake of 2010 (2010)
 

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Catholic, Vodou, and Protestant: Being Haitian, Becoming American (with Karen Richman), Immigration and Religion in America: Comparative and Historical Perspectives (2009)
 

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Rara as Popular Army: Hierarchy, Militarism, and Warfare, Perspectives on the Caribbean: A Reader in Culture, History, and Representation (2009)
 

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The Jew in the Haitian Imagination: A Popular History of Anti-Judaism and Proto-Racism, Race, Nation, and Religion in the Americas (2004)
 

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Voyage autour d'une bouteille de sorcier, Vaudou (2003)
 

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The Rite of Baptism in Haitian Vodou, Religions of the United States in Practice (2001)
 

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Love, Sex, and Gender Embodied: The Spirits of Hatian Vodou, Love, Sex, and Gender in the World Religions (2000)
 

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The Madonna of 115th Street Revisited: Vodou and Haitian Catholicism in the Age of Transnationalism, Gatherings in Diaspora: Religious Communities and the New Immigration (1998)
 

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A Sorcerer's Bottle: The Art of Magic in Haiti, Sacred Arts of Haitian Vodou (1995)
 

Articles in Journals

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Globalization and the Religious Production of Space, Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (2005)
 

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Amour, sexe et genre incarnés : les esprits du vaudou haïtien, Africultures (2004)
 

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Teaching September 11th, The Council of Societies for the Study of Religion: Bulletin (2001)
 

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Sacred Stories from the Haitian Diaspora: A Collective Biography of Seven Vodou Priestesses in New York City, Journal of Caribbean Studies (1993)
 

Online Scholarly Venues

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Haiti and the Unseen World, Social Science Research Council (2010)

The religious imagery of Vodou points to the covert and often illegal world of deal...

 

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Poster Child (with Lovely Nicolas) (2010)

Lovely Nicolas reflects on being chosen as a Unicef poster girl in a campaign to...

 

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Obama, Zombies, and Black Male Messiahs, In Media Res (2009)
 

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Afropop Worldwide Interview with Elizabeth McAlister (2007)
 

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Rara Festivals in Haiti and New York: A learning website (2007)
 

Popular Press

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En Haiti, la musique prend le pouvoir, Slate Afrique (2011)
 

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The Bad Boy Makes Good, Foreign Policy (2011)

What Michel "Sweet Micky" Martelly, Haiti's pop star turned president, learned from a lifetime in...

 

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Perspectives on Haiti's Earthquake, New York Times (2010)
 

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Why Does Haiti Suffer so Much?, CNN.com (2010)
 

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Vodou's View of the Quake, Washington Post (2010)
 

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Devil's Logic: Behind Pat Robertson's Haitian Blame Game, Forbes.com (2010)
 

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Roundtable: Haitian Music (Part 2) "What Does Revolution Sound Like?", The New Yorker (2009)

Five writers continue their conversation about music and history in Haiti for The New Yorker.

 

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Roundtable: Haitian Music (Part 1), The New Yorker (2009)

Five writers discuss music and history in Haiti for The New Yorker.

 

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Music and the Story of Haiti, Afropop Worldwide (2007)

This 6-minute Afropop Worldwide radio essay explores how music formed history and identity in Haiti,...

 

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The Lucky Ones: A Mother-Daughter Story of Love and War (with Lovely Nicolas), Oxygen.com (2000)
 

Presentations

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A Crisis of Faith and Meaning: Understanding the Haiti Earthquake, Interfaith Voices (2010)

This radio segment explores how the three largest religious groups in Haiti, Catholics, Pentecostals, and...