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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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