{"product_id":"fault-lines-paperback-3","title":"Fault Lines - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBeverly Bell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eEdwidge Danticat\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeverly Bell, an activist and award-winning writer, has dedicated her life to working for democracy, women's rights, and economic justice in Haiti and elsewhere. Since the 7.0 magnitude earthquake of January 12, 2010, that struck the island nation, killing more than a quarter-million people and leaving another two million Haitians homeless, Bell has spent much of her time in Haiti. Her new book, \u003ci\u003eFault Lines\u003c\/i\u003e, is a searing account of the first year after the earthquake. Bell explores how strong communities and an age-old gift culture have helped Haitians survive in the wake of an unimaginable disaster, one that only compounded the preexisting social and economic distress of their society. The book examines the history that caused such astronomical destruction. It also draws in theories of resistance and social movements to scrutinize grassroots organizing for a more just and equitable country. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFault Lines\u003c\/i\u003e offers rich perspectives rarely seen outside Haiti. Readers accompany the author through displaced persons camps, shantytowns, and rural villages, where they get a view that defies the stereotype of Haiti as a lost nation of victims. Street journals impart the author's intimate knowledge of the country, which spans thirty-five years. \u003ci\u003eFault Lines\u003c\/i\u003e also combines excerpts of more than one hundred interviews with Haitians, historical and political analysis, and investigative journalism. \u003ci\u003eFault Lines\u003c\/i\u003e includes twelve photos from the year following the 2010 earthquake. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBell also investigates and critiques U.S. foreign policy, emergency aid, standard development approaches, the role of nongovernmental organizations, and disaster capitalism. Woven through the text are comparisons to the crisis and cultural resistance in Bell's home city of New Orleans, when the levees broke in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Ultimately a tale of hope, \u003ci\u003eFault Lines\u003c\/i\u003e will give readers a new understanding of daily life, structural challenges, and collective dreams in one of the world's most complex countries.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeverly Bell is associate fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies and runs the economic and social justice group Other Worlds. Winner of the Outstanding Journalism Award from Women's International Center and the PEN-New Mexico Award for Social Justice in Literature, she is the author of \u003ci\u003eWalking on Fire: Haitian Women's Stories of Survival and Resistance\u003c\/i\u003e, also from Cornell. Edwidge Danticat is the renowned author of several bestselling books, including \u003ci\u003eBreath, Eyes, Memory; Brother, I'm Dying\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eKrik? Krak!\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.99 x 6.01 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 13, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42131439091847,"sku":"9780801477690","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/c731551efa1b6b20eaad3527982d44df.webp?v=1732619022","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/fault-lines-paperback-3","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}