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The Power of the Story : Writing Disasters in Haiti and the Circum-Caribbean - Vincent Joos

The Power of the Story

Writing Disasters in Haiti and the Circum-Caribbean

By: Vincent Joos (Editor), Martin Munro (Editor), John Ribó (Editor)

Paperback | 1 January 2026

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A cross-disciplinary volume that combines and puts into dialogue perspectives on disasters, this book includes contributions from anthropology, history, cultural studies, sociology, and literary studies. Offering a rich and diverse set of arguments and analyses on the ever-relevant theme of catastrophe in the circum-Caribbean, it will encourage debate and collaboration between scholars working on disasters from a range of disciplinary perspectives.

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