... Literature of Compassion rayano massacre Haitian solidarity trauma literature ...

...-Haitian literature of the nineteenth century examined in chapter 1, showing how diction became law and epistemic violence transformed into physical violence at the hands of the Trujillo regime. Contradicting anti-Haitian ideology, the literary works the chapter studies propose solidarity and compassion...

... violence transformed into physical violence at the hands of the Trujillo regime. Contradicting anti-Haitian ideology, the literary works the chapter studies propose solidarity and compassion as an antidote to violence. Literature of Compassion rayano massacre Haitian solidarity trauma literature ...

... that faced Caribbean residents seeking freedom and citizenship: racism, colonial interference, political divisions, among them. On Dominican soil, elites used familiar, anti-Haitian narratives, trying to erase the solidarities that had only just blossomed. A familiar elite group regained power in the capital...