Vincent Joos
Biographic Data
| ID | 3677440 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Vincent Joos |
| GIVEN NAMES | Vincent |
| FAMILY NAME | Joos |
| SIGNATURE | JOOS V |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Settling in the US Deep South
In 2010, following the granting of Temporary Protected Status by the US government, more than 1,500 Haitians settled in Mount Olive, a small town in eastern North Carolina. Most of them found work in the meat-processing plants of the region. Plantation owners founded Mount Olive, and enslaved people built it. Discrimination and exploitation of Black people and immigrants was and remains forceful in this region. This article sketches the history o…
The Power of the Story
against brutality in the Code Noir were ignored in the interests of restoring profi tability, and by 1697 slaves "imitated a revolt" (Benson 2010: 87)."Small and failed for the moment," Benson writes, "It was a sign of things to come: Makandal's revolt and the ultimately successful revolts of Toussaint and Dessalines" (87).Of course, these "revolts" were complex, drawn-out events that culminated in the major revolutionary war of 1791-1804 and con…
Migrants shaping Europe, past and present
Space, female economies, and autonomy in the shotgun neighborhoods of Port-au-Prince, Haiti
This article argues that commercial practices, social relations, and moral obligations in downtown Port-au-Prince shape and are shaped by the vernacular buildings in which they take place. Women living in, and working from, shotgun houses-a structure with a small street facade that allows for both private and commercial life-use these houses to build moral economies woven around familial solidarity and egalitarian relations. Working in houses tha…
Space, female economies, and autonomy in the shotgun neighborhoods of Port-au-Prince, Haiti
This article argues that commercial practices, social relations, and moral obligations in downtown Port-au-Prince shape and are shaped by the vernacular buildings in which they take place. Women living in, and working from, shotgun houses-a structure with a small street facade that allows for both private and commercial life-use these houses to build moral economies woven around familial solidarity and egalitarian relations. Working in houses tha…
Space, female economies, and autonomy in the shotgun neighborhoods of Port-au-Prince, Haiti
This article argues that commercial practices, social relations, and moral obligations in downtown Port-au-Prince shape and are shaped by the vernacular buildings in which they take place. Women living in, and working from, shotgun houses-a structure with a small street facade that allows for both private and commercial life-use these houses to build moral economies woven around familial solidarity and egalitarian relations. Working in houses tha…
Migrants shaping Europe, past and present
Settling in the US Deep South
In 2010, following the granting of Temporary Protected Status by the US government, more than 1,500 Haitians settled in Mount Olive, a small town in eastern North Carolina. Most of them found work in the meat-processing plants of the region. Plantation owners founded Mount Olive, and enslaved people built it. Discrimination and exploitation of Black people and immigrants was and remains forceful in this region. This article sketches the history o…
The Power of the Story
against brutality in the Code Noir were ignored in the interests of restoring profi tability, and by 1697 slaves "imitated a revolt" (Benson 2010: 87)."Small and failed for the moment," Benson writes, "It was a sign of things to come: Makandal's revolt and the ultimately successful revolts of Toussaint and Dessalines" (87).Of course, these "revolts" were complex, drawn-out events that culminated in the major revolutionary war of 1791-1804 and con…
Political science (3 works) · Autonomy (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Solidarity (2 works) · Anthropology (1 work) · Architecture (1 work) · Capitalism (1 work)