Book
When the hands are many: community organization and social change in rural Haiti
Cornell University Press • Ithaca • Published In 2001 • Pages:
By: Smith, Jennie Marcelle.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This book discusses the structural causes for the continued impoverishment and marginalization of Haiti rural people from the sufferers' point of view. While recognizing Haitian peasants as some of the most politically disempowered, malnourished, and illiterate people in the world, the author argues that they are capable of explaining the causes of their problems with their own words and 'theories.' Taking the poor's own models for explaining these problems, the book hopes to reverse earlier analysis of Haitians as victims hopelessly waiting to be rescued through material and technical aid. Much of the book is devoted to a closer portrayal of poor peoples' struggle to survive the harsh realities of life in Haiti by finding meaning, protecting their dignity, building community and working toward a more decent tomorrow.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Cultural identity and pride
- Poverty
- Chief executive
- Accumulation of wealth
- Social relationships and groups
- Taxation and public income
- Research and development
- External relations
- Ingroup antagonisms
- Exploitation
- Political movements
- Slavery
- Naming
- Verbal arts
- Administrative agencies
- Ethnosociology
- Cooperative organization
- Ethics
- Labor supply and employment
- Congregations
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Haitians
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2012
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Middle America and the Caribbean
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Caribbean
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Anthropologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Teferi Abate Adem; 2011
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1988-1991, 1995-1996
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1800-2001
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Haiti
- NotesAdditional notes
- Jennie Marcelle Smith
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-223) and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 00012448
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Peasants--Political activity--Haiti--Grand'Anse (Dept.)
- Peasants--Haiti--Grand'Anse (Dept.)--Societies, etc.
- Community organization--Haiti--Grand'Anse (Dept.)
- Social values--Haiti--Grand'Anse (Dept.)
- Folk songs, Creole--Social aspects--Haiti--Grand'Anse(Dept.)
- Subject keywords: Chante pwen