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Detail for Article: Le problème du travail en Haïti / The Problem of Work in Haiti
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Revue du Monde Noir |
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(none) Issue 1 () 1931 |
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12 - 20 |
| Language: | French |
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| Themes: | Work |
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| Name: | Price-Mars, Jean |
| Nationality: | Haitian |
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| Birth/Death Dates: | 1876-1969
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| Biographical Info: | Described by Léopold Sédar Senghor as the “father of Négritude,” doctor, historian, diplomat, and intellectual Jean-Price Mars was a fierce advocate for the recognition and development of Haitian culture at home and abroad. Upon completing his education as a medical doctor both in Haiti and in France, Price-Mars served in various diplomatic roles–including, briefly, as a French senator. Price-Mars’ best known work, thought of as a foundational text of Négritude, Ainsi parlera l’oncle (1928) was one of the first ethnographic texts to examine the African cultural roots underpinning many Haitian religious and cultural traditions, revaluing indigeneity and Haiti’s African roots. Price-Mars made significant contributions to the field of religious studies as the first scholar to seriously attempt a study of Vodou. In 1941, Price–Mars founded the Institute of Ethnology in Haiti, in part to encourage the study of Haitian culture and to train a new generation of Haitian ethnographers. Over the course of his life, Price-Mars wrote many books, including La Vocation de l’élite, Formation ethnique, culture, folklore du peuple haïtien, and La république d'Haïti et la république dominicaine. Price-Mars’ essay published in Revue du Monde Noir, Le problème du travail en Haïti, is a reprint of a speech Price-Mars delivered in 1931 as a delegate to the XV International Labor Conference in Geneva.
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| Bibliographical References: | Joseph, Celucien L. Between Two Worlds: Jean Price-mars, Haiti, and Africa. Black Diasporic Worlds : Origins and Evolutions From New World Slaving. Lanham, Maryland: Lexington Books, 2018.
Magloire, Danton, Gérade. “Anténor Firmin and Jean Price-Mars: Revolution, Memory, Humanism.” Small Axe: A Journal of Criticism, vol. 9, no.2, 2005, pp.150-70, Project MUSE, https://muse.jhu.edu/article/187920. |
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