{"product_id":"life-in-the-cracks-law-violence-and-resistance-in-haiti-paperback","title":"Life in the Cracks: Law, Violence, and Resistance in Haiti - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMarco Motta\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLife in the Cracks\u003c\/i\u003e is a rich ethnographic portrait of law, violence, and resistance in Haiti. In a contemporary context marked by international interference, global capitalism, and state collapse, Haitians face complex challenges that are largely ignored and misunderstood. By examining the most unexpected inflections of ordinary life, \u003ci\u003eLife in the Cracks\u003c\/i\u003e offers a well-grounded account of people's experience of law in their lives. The book describes what it means to endure violence partly engendered by the law, and thus to live up to one's disappointment with the law itself. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy not taking for granted the places where the law appears, \u003ci\u003eLife in the Cracks\u003c\/i\u003e asks legal anthropology to confront questions beyond law-making and law-application, dispute resolution, and social order. In everyday life's textures of messy subtleties and contradictory movements that are never reconciled, \u003ci\u003eLife in the Cracks\u003c\/i\u003e reconsiders the place of law in human affairs. Motta reimagines how people cope with their disillusionments by reinventing relationships with each other. What had appeared questions of law and justice turn out to be questions of life and death. As life resists annihilation, Motta shows, many Haitians have found ways to breathe new life into the present and make the future worth fighting for. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eLife in the Cracks: Law, Violence, and Resistance in Haiti\u003c\/i\u003e is available from the publisher on an open-access basis.\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eLife in the Cracks\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the most exciting works on Haiti that I have seen in years. Motta's focus on ordinary life, on law and life 'in the cracks' amid crisis shines new light on Haiti during one of the country's most difficult times. His use of ethnographic realism both grounds his theoretical arguments and makes important contributions to anthropological narrative and ethnographic methods.\"\u003cb\u003e--Greg Beckett, Western University\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eLife in the Cracks\u003c\/i\u003e is a rich ethnographic portrait of law, violence, and resistance in Haiti. In a contemporary context marked by international interference, global capitalism, and state collapse, Haitians face complex challenges that are largely ignored and misunderstood. By examining the most unexpected inflections of ordinary life, \u003ci\u003eLife in the Cracks\u003c\/i\u003e offers a well-grounded account of people's experience of law in their lives. The book describes what it means to endure violence partly engendered by the law, and thus to live up to one's disappointment with the law itself. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy not taking for granted the places where the law appears, \u003ci\u003eLife in the Cracks\u003c\/i\u003e asks legal anthropology to confront questions beyond law-making and law-application, dispute resolution, and social order. In everyday life's textures of messy subtleties and contradictory movements that are never reconciled, \u003ci\u003eLife in the Cracks\u003c\/i\u003e reconsiders the place of law in human affairs. Motta reimagines how people cope with their disillusionments by reinventing relationships with each other. What had appeared questions of law and justice turn out to be questions of life and death. As life resists annihilation, Motta shows, many Haitians have found ways to breathe new life into the present and make the future worth fighting for. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarco Motta\u003c\/b\u003e is SNF Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the Institute of Social Sciences, University of Lausanne.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarco Motta \u003c\/b\u003eis SNF Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the Institute of Social Sciences, University of Lausanne. He is coeditor of \u003ci\u003eLiving with Concepts: Anthropology in the Grip of Reality\u003c\/i\u003e (2021).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.73 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 16, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51979087577389,"sku":"9781531512453","price":52.87,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/d3UkEt30iE9781531512453.webp?v=1775818903","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/life-in-the-cracks-law-violence-and-resistance-in-haiti-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}