Also known as: Jean Price-Mars, Formation ethnique, Formation ethnique, folk-lore et culture du peuple haïtien
Last updated: April 16, 2026
The companion volume to Ainsi Parla l'Oncle, asking how Haitian culture was actually formed through slavery, mixture, oral tradition, peasant life, and historical struggle, and arguing that Haiti must be understood as a real cultural formation rather than a failed copy of France. Less focused on Vodou than Ainsi Parla, the book addresses ethnogenesis, folklore as collective memory, and the making of a distinctly Haitian cultural world — bridging cultural theory and historical anthropology in the indigéniste tradition.
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Jean Price-Mars. "Formation ethnique, folk-lore et culture du peuple haïtien." 1929. Rasin.ai, https://rasin.ai/connections/sources/price-mars-formation. Accessed 2026-05-05.