Bêtes Noires

Lauren Derby explores storytelling traditions between the people of Haiti and the Dominican Republic, focusing on shapeshifting spirit demons called baka/bacá as a way to reckon with a shared history of enslavement, colonialism, and exploitation.

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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1702632025-12-16T05:42:09Z Bêtes Noires Derby, Lauren Haitian Vodou Bacás spirit creatures shapeshifting sorcery Dominican Republic Haiti Vodú fukú history of trauma spirit demons capitalist extractivism Hispaniola supernatural assault devil pact tales conjuring feral animals cross border trade hunting economy bovine bacá stories Clément Barbot swine flu subsistence agriculture Rafael Trujillo supernatural beasts thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHM Anthropology Lauren Derby explores storytelling traditions between the people of Haiti and the Dominican Republic, focusing on shapeshifting spirit demons called baka/bacá as a way to reckon with a shared history of enslavement, colonialism, and exploitation. 2025-12-16T05:42:09Z 2025-12-16T05:42:09Z 2025-12-15T13:20:40Z 2025 book ONIX_20251215T141744_9781478061564_4 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/109107 9781478061564 9781478029359 9781478032786 9781478094401 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/170263 eng open access image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/109107/1/9781478061564.pdf Duke University Press 10.1215/9781478061564 10.1215/9781478061564 8b9381d6-252e-4bed-8478-ee620c861aac 53b1e169-cd8c-4293-b0f9-01bfef5010e9 f1f81914-d0e2-4e8d-ae06-fb4f2282a752 9781478061564 9781478029359 9781478032786 9781478094401 356 Durham, North Carolina, USA [...] UCLA Library Arcadia Fund Arcadia 10.13039/100012088 open access
spellingShingle Haitian Vodou
Bacás
spirit creatures
shapeshifting sorcery
Dominican Republic
Haiti
Vodú
fukú
history of trauma
spirit demons
capitalist extractivism
Hispaniola
supernatural assault
devil pact tales
conjuring
feral animals
cross border trade
hunting economy
bovine bacá stories
Clément Barbot
swine flu
subsistence agriculture
Rafael Trujillo
supernatural beasts
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHM Anthropology
Derby, Lauren
Bêtes Noires
title Bêtes Noires
title_full Bêtes Noires
title_fullStr Bêtes Noires
title_full_unstemmed Bêtes Noires
title_short Bêtes Noires
title_sort betes noires
topic Haitian Vodou
Bacás
spirit creatures
shapeshifting sorcery
Dominican Republic
Haiti
Vodú
fukú
history of trauma
spirit demons
capitalist extractivism
Hispaniola
supernatural assault
devil pact tales
conjuring
feral animals
cross border trade
hunting economy
bovine bacá stories
Clément Barbot
swine flu
subsistence agriculture
Rafael Trujillo
supernatural beasts
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHM Anthropology
topic_facet Haitian Vodou
Bacás
spirit creatures
shapeshifting sorcery
Dominican Republic
Haiti
Vodú
fukú
history of trauma
spirit demons
capitalist extractivism
Hispaniola
supernatural assault
devil pact tales
conjuring
feral animals
cross border trade
hunting economy
bovine bacá stories
Clément Barbot
swine flu
subsistence agriculture
Rafael Trujillo
supernatural beasts
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHM Anthropology
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