VOODOO, TRAGEDY, DESIRE: HAITI’S EARTHQUAKE AND SPIVAK’S “AXIOMATICS OF IMPERIALISM”Footnote¹

1 I wish to thank Richard Haesly for his generous help with this essay.

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