In Haiti Slums, a Culture of Death. Joe Mozingo.
by Mozingo, Joe; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2005Article 68Family. Publisher: Miami Herald, 2004ISSN: 1522-3213;.Subject(s): Death | Haiti -- Economic conditions | Haiti -- Politics and government | Haiti -- Social conditions | Haitians -- Attitudes | Murder | Poor -- Haiti | SlumsDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Death in Port-au-Prince's [Haiti] slums these days is a lonely, gruesome spectacle of desecration. A man shot dead on the highway lies with his skull caved in during mid-morning traffic, while trucks veer around him and men go about their business fixing tires 20 feet away. A penniless woman sighs with relief at knowing the morgue will throw her murdered husband into a mass grave. And neighbors wonder whom it is when they pass a group of pigs feeding heartily in the street." (MIAMI HERALD) This article describes the "culture of death" that exists in the slums of Haiti's cities.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: In Haiti Slums, a Culture of Death, March 14, 2004; pp. n.p..
"Death in Port-au-Prince's [Haiti] slums these days is a lonely, gruesome spectacle of desecration. A man shot dead on the highway lies with his skull caved in during mid-morning traffic, while trucks veer around him and men go about their business fixing tires 20 feet away. A penniless woman sighs with relief at knowing the morgue will throw her murdered husband into a mass grave. And neighbors wonder whom it is when they pass a group of pigs feeding heartily in the street." (MIAMI HERALD) This article describes the "culture of death" that exists in the slums of Haiti's cities.
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