From Sight to Site to Website: Travel-Writing, Tourism, and the American Experience inHaiti, 1900-2008
Landon YarringtonYorktown, VirginiaB.A. Anthropology, George Mason University, 2007A Thesis presented to the Graduate Facultyof the College of William and Mary in Candidacy for the Degree of Master of the ArtsDepartment of AnthropologyThe College of William and MaryMay, 2009
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Table of Contents
Dedication 3
Acknowledgements 4
Introduction 5
Background and Methods 7
Facts and Figures 12
Racism and “The Negro Question” 14
Haitian Revolutionary Intrigue 18
Voodoo Mystique 24
Mass Tourism, Pleasure Island, and the “Haitian Holiday” 28
(In)authenticity Revisited 33
Durable Cicerones 36
A Momentary Moratorium? 42
“Alternative Tourism” in Haiti 45
Conclusion 51
Appendix 53
Notes 54
Bibliography 56
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Dedication
To my friends and my family, here and in Haiti.
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