Istwa across the water : Haitian history, memory, and the cultural imagination
Toni Pressley-Sanon (Author)
Drawing on the belief system of Vodou, this project is anchored by three theoretical concepts: tidalectics, a term for the repetitive back-and-forth movement of the ocean, symbolizing ritual, balance, and cyclical unity; Marasa, or twinning, a principle of Vodou in which fragmented parts strive for remembrance and holism; and istwa, a Kreyol term whose meaning encompasses history, story, and memory
Print Book, English, 2017
University Press of Florida, Gainesville, 2017
History
xiv, 195 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
9780813054407, 0813054400
959596530
A note on spelling
Groundings: tidalectics, Marasa, and Istwa
The changing same: bok{o}fíó across the sea
Of Boci{o}, Bo, Cakatú, Zonbi, Nkisi, and Pakèt Kongo
Boci{o}, Nkisi, Legba, Ogun, and Ghede across the water
Tidalectical dishonor
Epilogue: re-suturing or joining the parts to the whole