J. Christopher Kovats-Bernat
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J. Christopher Kovats-Bernat is an American cultural anthropologist with a specialization in Haiti.
Life[edit]
Kovats-Bernat was raised in Kensington, a Philadelphia neighborhood, and Allentown, Pennsylvania.[1] He earned his bachelor's degree in philosophy and anthropology from Muhlenberg College in 1993,[2] and his Ph.D. in anthropology from Temple University in 2001, with a dissertation on street children in Port-au-Prince.[3]
Kovats-Bernat has worked as a faculty member at Muhlenberg College[2] and a visiting assistant professor at Shippensburg University. His recent research has focused on Haitian Vodou.
Selected works[edit]
- Kovats-Bernat, J. Christopher (2006). Sleeping Rough in Port-au-Prince: An Ethnography of Street Children and Violence in Haiti. University Press of Florida. ISBN 978-0-8130-3009-8. Search this book on
[4] - Kovats-Bernat, J. Christopher (2022). Anfans Difisil: A Study of Imperiled Childhoods in Haiti. Kendall Hunt Publishing Company. ISBN 978-1-7924-5266-6. Search this book on
References[edit]
- ↑ Molly Foster (September 18, 2018). "SU visiting anthropology professor shares heart-wrenching account of his time in Haiti". The Slate. Shippensburg University. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Dana Perillo (Winter 2002). "Coming to Work at a Place You Call Home". Muhlenberg magazine. Muhlenberg College. p. 17. Retrieved June 7, 2019.
- ↑ J. Christopher Kovats-Bernat (2001). The Impact of Poverty, Violence and State Repression on the Cultural Identity and Social Agency of Street Children in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti (PhD). Temple University. OCLC 52318042.
- ↑ Reviews of Sleeping Rough in Port-au-Prince:
- Benoît, Catherine (2009). "Review". New West Indian Guide. 83 (3/4): 313–315. ISSN 1382-2373. JSTOR 41850530.
- Jones, Cecily (2008). "Review". Bulletin of Latin American Research. 27 (3): 446–448. ISSN 0261-3050. JSTOR 27734055.
- Girard, Philippe R. (2008). "Review". Latin American Politics and Society. 50 (2): 201–205. ISSN 1531-426X. JSTOR 30130867.
- Gardner, Nathanial (2008). "Review". Journal of Latin American Studies. 40 (3): 608–610. ISSN 0022-216X. JSTOR 40056726.
- Mason, Greg (2007). "Review". Journal of Haitian Studies. 13 (1): 126–129. ISSN 1090-3488. JSTOR 41715349.
- Maternowska, M. Catherine (2008). "Review". Journal of Anthropological Research. 64 (2): 319–320. ISSN 0091-7710. JSTOR 20371254.
- Brothers, Tim (2008). "Review". Journal of Latin American Geography. 7 (1): 231–233. ISSN 1545-2476. JSTOR 25765213.
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