Fault Lines: Views across Haiti’s Divide

Now, with Fault Lines: But it would be a mistake to think that Bell is simply giving us another version of the same horrific scenes and tragic stories of injury and loss. Jun 11, Naomi rated it really liked it Shelves: This is a political book, but all of life is political and it's too easy to forget that sometimes.

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I read The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism just recently, which provided an overview of neoliberalism and disasters and thus set the stage for Fault Lines, which provides a very specific case-study of Haiti post-earthquake. A very personal analysis of the aid economy and the way it failed average and poor Haitians during "reconstruction. Sep 20, Kendra rated it it was amazing. Please read this book before a trip to Haiti, before lending a hand to any individual or group of people that have been marginalized by oppressive systems in any way, or before doing the necessary work of actively listening to anyone whose reality is not something you've experienced.

This is an absolutely necessary text for anyone looking to commit to lifelong social justice activism and action-oriented solidarity, whether in Haiti or anywhere else. Aug 13, Paul W. Anyone who cares about what happened in Haiti after the earthquake or is concerned about changing the injustice that exists there on a daily basis should read this book and take to heart the pleas from the Haitian voices that Bell amplifies in her heartfelt accounting of the post earthquake disaster.

Fault Lines: Views Across Haiti's Divide by Beverly Bell

And lest people should think that this book bemoans the brutally misdirected earthquake response without offering critical analysis the list of alternative ways to be involved in Haiti, on pg. Miller, Director, Haiti Justice Alliance Aug 09, Ruxandra Guidi rated it it was amazing Recommended to Ruxandra by: Beverly Bell's "Fault Lines" captures -- like no other book out now -- what the real impacts of the 7. But perhaps the best thing about "Fault Lines" is her open challenge to stereotypes about the country, the culture, and its people.

Bell's voice and perspective is unique: A definite must-read for anyone willing to accept a different narrative about the country.

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Aug 05, Augusta Dwyer rated it it was amazing. In many ways it doesn't matter how many books you've read about Haiti. People who really want to know about this country and its people should read this one too. Fault Lines is the only book of the many I've read that brings to the fore the voices of average people, people who are working moreover to make their nation a better one and make their society more equitable.

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At the same time, Beverly Bell is a great writer. Along with the fascinating stories she tells, her prose style makes this a boo In many ways it doesn't matter how many books you've read about Haiti. Along with the fascinating stories she tells, her prose style makes this a book that is enjoyable to read.

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I indexed this book so I won't review it here. Maryc rated it really liked it Oct 22, Sheikh Tajamul rated it really liked it Sep 29, Readers accompany the author through displaced persons camps, shantytowns, and rural villages, where they get a view that defies the stereotype of Haiti as a lost nation of victims. Fault Lines also combines excerpts of more than one hundred interviews with Haitians, historical and political analysis, and investigative journalism.

Fault Lines includes twelve photos from the year following the earthquake. Bell also investigates and critiques U. The Offshore Assembly Industry November, Foreword by Edwidge Danticat.

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Fault Lines: Views Across Haiti's Divide

As part of this work, she interviewed hundreds of Haitians who had a wide range of experiences of the earthquake and its aftermath and came from different social and economic backgrounds: The book is organized chronologically and was written during the course of the first year after the earthquake. She uses this introduction of the event to readers in order to locate them within the framework that she will use for the rest of the book. But before providing a more detailed historical background of Haiti, she moves on to describe solidarity movements born from the disaster of the earthquake, again making clear the balance of narrative power she wishes to maintain.

She highlights US involvement in Haiti in the form of occupations and embargoes — and