Description
What would the island of Hispaniola seem like if viewed as a loosely connected system? That may be the question Haitian-Dominican Counterpointseeks to respond to as it surveys the insular space shared by Haiti and the Dominican Republic right through their parallel histories. For beneath the familiar tale of hostilities, the systemic viewpoint reveals a lesser-known, “unitarian” narrative of interdependencies and reciprocal influences shaping every country’sidentity. In view of the sociocultural and economic linkages connecting the 2 countries, their relations must resemble not such a lot acockfight (the traditional metaphor) as a serial and polyrhythmic counterpoint.