Notre thèse porte sur la violence masculine à l’égard des femmes dans les Églises en Haïti. Elle s’inscrit dans le champ disciplinaire de la théologie en dialogue interdisciplinaire avec des sciences humaines, particulièrement à l’intersection entre la sociologie, l’anthropologie, les sciences politiques, la philosophie, l’histoire, la psychologie les études sur les hommes (Men’s Studies) et les théologies féministes.
Objectifs : Cette étude clinique porte sur la grossesse nerveuse en Haïti, maladie culturellement appelée « pèdisyon », en créole haïtien. Son objectif est de mettre en évidence les enjeux des croyances socioculturelles et religieuses ainsi que les clivages qu’elles suscitent dans la psyché. Méthode : À travers un cas clinique, cette réflexion a été menée à partir d’un dispositif clinique mis en place par une organisation non gouvernementale intervenant auprès des femmes en Haïti après le séisme du 12 janvier 2010.
À travers l'image qu'entrevoit une petite fille et qui ne la quittera plus, les espoirs et les désillusions d'un militant, les amours d'une jeune fille dans une bourgade engluée dans la moiteur tropicale, la santé rayonnante et triomphante de Tante Résia, les prémonitions funestes de Martine Durand, les mystères et la poésie de la grande ville, c'est toute la mémoire et le présent d'une île que nous content ces six nouvelles.
This article compares two protagonists from two different books of fiction: Marie Chauvet’s Colère and Émile Ollivier’s Mère-Solitude. The goal of this comparison is to fully understand the Vodou references that each character embodies, specifically as happy young women who begin to question the political context of their countries. The novels are set during the Duvalier regime and detail the unfortunate outcomes of each of the characters while subtly pointing out the atrocities of women’s conditions during that period of history. (Summary by Mouka)
This text compares the theologies of Vodou and Neopaganism through a feminist lens. Pizza does this by drawing from the work of Karen McCarthy Brown who has completed similar comparisons. The author achieves this by highlighting the duality of certain spirits within Vodou and their similarities with Western theologies. The difference in concepts and experiences of the divine feminine in Vodou and Neopagan traditions is rooted in difference in acculturation, philosophy, and theologies between African and Western cultures.
This article unveils how Vodou and the iconography of the two main Ezilis, Ezili Danto and Ezili Freda, from a cultural standpoint informs audiences about the political position of Haitian women in the past and present. White aims not only to provide a literary analysis but also a gendered political examination. She analyses why the specific imagery of each Ezili demonstrates her ideals, given that the chromolithographs have come to represent Iwa everywhere, where chosen after the Vodou mythology had a chance to embed itself.
Ethnographic and semiotic studies have one thing in common: they both share an interest in researching the origin of meaning and how meaning works in human behaviour or in human narration. The aim of this research is to show this connection through the semiotic and ethnographic analysis of metamorphosis. Namely, a collection of 60 haitian folktales, characterised by a metamorphosis in the narrative program, is analysed using Greimas’s veridictory square; then, the results are compared to the ethnographic studies about metamorphosis and to the practice of storytelling in Haitian culture.
Background Abortion-related mortality accounts for 8% of all global maternal deaths and 97% of the estimated 25 million unsafe abortions performed each year occur in low- and middle-income countries. Haiti has the highest rate of maternal mortality in the western hemisphere and to further understand the circumstances of induced abortion in Haiti, the current work uses data from the 2012 Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) to describe the methods of induced abortion in Haiti between 2007–2012 and to identify potential factors associated with use of different abortion methods.
This thesis explores the anthropological documentation of reproductive illnesses in Haiti and how these illnesses shape maternal and infant health outcomes. Through examining gender roles, health infrastructure, and medical beliefs in Haiti, I provide context for a framework that posits these illnesses as embodied history, trauma, and experience. Furthermore, I examine the evolving intersection of Vodou and biomedicine and its role in informing reproductive illness discourse and treatment.
Les violences faites aux femmes sont toujours omniprésentes en Haïti et connaissent, ces dernières années, une hausse significative et inquiétante. Ce texte vise à dénoncer l’impunité des auteurs de ces violences, mais aussi les difficultés d’accès à la justice pour les victimes : coûts élevés, système de justice ne fonctionnant qu’en français alors que la plupart des victimes sont créolophones, dysfonctionnement de ce système et indépendance limitée du tribunal.