Between Two Worlds

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<span><span>Between Two Worlds: Jean Price-Mars, Haiti, and Africa</span><span> is a special volume on Jean Price-Mars that reassesses the importance of his thought and legacy, and the implications of his ideas in the twenty-first centurys culture of political correctness, the continuing challenge of race and racism, and imperial hegemony in the modern world. Price-Marss thought is also significant for the renewed scholarly interests in Haiti and Haitian Studies in North America, and the meaning of contemporary Africa in the world today. This volume explores various dimensions in Price-Mars thought and his role as historian, anthropologist, cultural critic, public intellectual, religious scholar, pan-Africanist, and humanist.</span></span><br><br><span><span>The goal of this book is fourfold: it explores the contributions of Jean Price-Mars to Haitian history and culture, it studies Price-Mars engagement with Western history and the problem of the racist narrative, it interprets Price-Mars connections with Black Internationalism, Harlem Renaissance, and the Negritude Movement, and finally, the book underscores Price-Mars contributions to post colonialism, religious studies, Africana Studies, and Pan-Africanism.</span></span>

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<span><span>Celucien L. Joseph</span><span> is assistant professor of English at Indian River State College.<br><br></span><span>Jean Eddy Saint Paul</span><span> is professor of Africana Studies and the founding director of the CUNY Haitian Studies Institute.</span></span><br><br><span><span>Glodel Mezillas</span><span> is an independent scholar.</span></span>

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