Elizabeth McAlister Copyright (c) 2011 All rights reserved. http://works.bepress.com/elizabeth_mcalister Recent documents in Elizabeth McAlister en-us Thu, 12 May 2011 09:11:39 PDT 3600 Voyage autour d'une bouteille de sorcier http://works.bepress.com/elizabeth_mcalister/36 http://works.bepress.com/elizabeth_mcalister/36 Tue, 10 May 2011 11:08:35 PDT


]]> Elizabeth McAlister Articles in French Amour, sexe et genre incarnés : les esprits du vaudou haïtien http://works.bepress.com/elizabeth_mcalister/35 http://works.bepress.com/elizabeth_mcalister/35 Sat, 30 Apr 2011 11:43:52 PDT


]]> Elizabeth McAlister Articles in French En Haiti, la musique prend le pouvoir http://works.bepress.com/elizabeth_mcalister/34 http://works.bepress.com/elizabeth_mcalister/34 Sat, 30 Apr 2011 11:22:39 PDT


]]> Elizabeth McAlister Articles in French A Crisis of Faith and Meaning: Understanding the Haiti Earthquake http://works.bepress.com/elizabeth_mcalister/32 http://works.bepress.com/elizabeth_mcalister/32 Thu, 21 Apr 2011 06:21:37 PDT

This radio segment explores how the three largest religious groups in Haiti, Catholics, Pentecostals, and practitioners of Vodou, are using their faith to interpret what happened. Hosted by Maureen Fiedler.



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This 6-minute Afropop Worldwide radio essay explores how music formed history and identity in Haiti, from Vodou to hip hop. Hosted by Georges Collinet. (This is an mp3 file)



]]> Elizabeth McAlister Radio Roundtable: Haitian Music (Part 2) "What Does Revolution Sound Like?" http://works.bepress.com/elizabeth_mcalister/30 http://works.bepress.com/elizabeth_mcalister/30 Thu, 21 Apr 2011 05:58:05 PDT

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



]]> Elizabeth McAlister Popular Press Roundtable: Haitian Music (Part 1) http://works.bepress.com/elizabeth_mcalister/29 http://works.bepress.com/elizabeth_mcalister/29 Thu, 21 Apr 2011 05:54:58 PDT

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



]]> Elizabeth McAlister Popular Press Listening for Geographies: Music as Sonic Compass Pointing Towards African and Christian Diasporic Horizons in the Caribbean http://works.bepress.com/elizabeth_mcalister/28 http://works.bepress.com/elizabeth_mcalister/28 Mon, 18 Apr 2011 11:31:47 PDT

Haitian religious music reveals that even groups with self-consciously diasporic identities premised on a national past can form extranational identities through a Christian imaginary that mimics salient features of ethnic diasporas.



]]> Elizabeth McAlister Chapters in Edited Volumes The Bad Boy Makes Good http://works.bepress.com/elizabeth_mcalister/27 http://works.bepress.com/elizabeth_mcalister/27 Wed, 13 Apr 2011 11:13:40 PDT

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



]]> Elizabeth McAlister Popular Press Religion in Post-Earthquake Haiti http://works.bepress.com/elizabeth_mcalister/26 http://works.bepress.com/elizabeth_mcalister/26 Tue, 22 Feb 2011 10:38:58 PST


]]> Elizabeth McAlister et al. Chapters in Edited Volumes From the Rubble to the Telethon: Music, Religion, and the Haiti Quake http://works.bepress.com/elizabeth_mcalister/25 http://works.bepress.com/elizabeth_mcalister/25 Tue, 22 Feb 2011 10:36:57 PST


]]> Elizabeth McAlister Chapters in Edited Volumes Catholic, Vodou, and Protestant: Being Haitian, Becoming American http://works.bepress.com/elizabeth_mcalister/24 http://works.bepress.com/elizabeth_mcalister/24 Tue, 22 Feb 2011 10:34:23 PST


]]> Elizabeth McAlister et al. Chapters in Edited Volumes Rara Festivals in Haiti and New York: A learning website http://works.bepress.com/elizabeth_mcalister/23 http://works.bepress.com/elizabeth_mcalister/23 Tue, 22 Feb 2011 10:28:07 PST


]]> Elizabeth McAlister Online Scholarly Venues A Sorcerer's Bottle: The Art of Magic in Haiti http://works.bepress.com/elizabeth_mcalister/22 http://works.bepress.com/elizabeth_mcalister/22 Tue, 22 Feb 2011 10:21:35 PST


]]> Elizabeth McAlister Chapters in Edited Volumes Poster Child http://works.bepress.com/elizabeth_mcalister/21 http://works.bepress.com/elizabeth_mcalister/21 Tue, 22 Feb 2011 09:29:59 PST

Lovely Nicolas reflects on being chosen as a Unicef poster girl in a campaign to end child slavery in Haiti, in a conversation with her second mother, anthropologist Elizabeth McAlister



]]> Elizabeth McAlister et al. Online Scholarly Venues Obama, Zombies, and Black Male Messiahs http://works.bepress.com/elizabeth_mcalister/20 http://works.bepress.com/elizabeth_mcalister/20 Tue, 22 Feb 2011 09:25:54 PST


]]> Elizabeth McAlister Online Scholarly Venues Race, Nation and Religion in the Americas http://works.bepress.com/elizabeth_mcalister/19 http://works.bepress.com/elizabeth_mcalister/19 Tue, 22 Feb 2011 08:59:23 PST


]]> Elizabeth McAlister Books Rara! Vodou, Power and Performance in Haiti and its Diaspora http://works.bepress.com/elizabeth_mcalister/17 http://works.bepress.com/elizabeth_mcalister/17 Fri, 11 Feb 2011 11:59:22 PST


]]> Elizabeth McAlister Books Rara as Popular Army: Hierarchy, Militarism, and Warfare http://works.bepress.com/elizabeth_mcalister/16 http://works.bepress.com/elizabeth_mcalister/16 Fri, 11 Feb 2011 11:55:13 PST


]]> Elizabeth McAlister Chapters in Edited Volumes Haiti and the Unseen World http://works.bepress.com/elizabeth_mcalister/15 http://works.bepress.com/elizabeth_mcalister/15 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:07:26 PST

The religious imagery of Vodou points to the covert and often illegal world of deal making in the Haitian political and economic spheres.



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