1936-09: (Perez Invites the Sons into the Vision — With an Emphasis on the Material Structure of the Citadelle and the Physical Exhaustion of the Journey Per…

1936-09: (Perez Invites the Sons into the Vision — With an Emphasis on the Material Structure of the Citadelle and the Physical Exhaustion of the Journey Perez Entrusting the Readership with the Future’s Maturation, as She Wrote to Her Niece She Explicitly Invited Their Sons into the Vision — the Attention to Sons Not Being an Acquiescence to a Revolutionary Future Led by Men but Rather a Reminder to Young Girls and Their Co-Parents to Bring the Boys Along, Haitian Women’s Politics of Revolution Care and Belonging Including and Necessitating the Political Pilgrimage of Haitian Boys and Men as Well): With an emphasis on the material structure of the Citadelle and the physical exhaustion of the journey up the mountain, Perez was entrusting the readership with the future’s maturation as an assurance that the revolutionary legacy of the nation would not be dwarfed by inaction. Interestingly, as she wrote to her niece, she explicitly invited their sons into the vision. They too, according to Perez, needed to be humbled by the dream, vision, and manifestation of the revolutionary cause. The attention to sons was not an acquiescence to a revolutionary future that would be led by men. Rather, as a statement to her niece, Perez reminded young girls and their co-parents to bring the boys along — Haitian women’s politics of revolution, care, and belonging included and necessitated the political pilgrimage of Haitian boys and men as well.