Dileme identitare și dinamică socială. Haiti sau despre sincretismul cultural
Identity Dilemmas and Social Dynamics. Haiti and Cultural Syncretism

Author(s): Speranţa Sofia Milancovici
Subject(s): Anthropology, Social Sciences, Culture and social structure
Published by: Trivent Publishing
Keywords: Haiti; identity; alterity; creole; francophone; syncretism
Summary/Abstract: From a contemporary perspective, the assertion that Haiti was, in the 18th century, the richest French colony would seem unlikely, both to an experienced researcher as well as to a mere tourist who comes in contact with the Haitian reality. Undoubtedly, the world’s first free black republic has stirred the religious and cultural imagination of humanity through its magical reputation, voodoo practices and its cultural-linguistic uniqueness in Central America. We are proposing an exploratory endeavor into the Haitian identity space, in an attempt to clarify certain aspects regarding the status of the French language and its relation to the Creole language, the assumption of the Francophone linguistic influences by the African population bearing, in its genetic tree, the effervescence and cultural nuance of the native lands, as well as the dilemmas of the syncretism that impregnates all levels of the social mind. The major objective is to overcome certain ambiguities of a conceptual or terminological nature that have persisted in regards to creolization, pidgin languages and the Haitian cultural identity.

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