| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
xiv, 242 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Invisible powers : an introduction -- 1. Afro-Caribben spirituality : a Haitian case study / Karen McCarthy Brown -- 2. Vodou in Haiti : way of life and mode of survival / Claudine Michel -- 3. African interpretations of the Christian cross in vodou / Leslie Gerald Desmangles -- 4. The song of freedom : vodou, conscientization and popular culture in Haiti / Gerdes Fleurant -- 5. Yon moso twal nan bwa = A piece of cloth on wood : the drapo vodou in myths of origin / Anna Wexler -- 6. "The Jew" in the Haitian imagination : pre-modern anti-Judaism in the post-modern Caribbean / Elizabeth A. McAlister -- 7. Resisting freedom : cultural factors in democracy-the case for Haiti / Patrick Bellegarde-Smith -- 8. The Haiti-New Orleans vodou connection : Zora Neale Hurston as initiate observer / Richard Brent Turner -- 9. Water in their eyes, dust on their land : heat and illness in a Haitian town / Pierre Minn -- 10. How Houngans use the light from distant stars / LeGrace Benson -- 11. Vodou in Haitian literature / Carrol F. Coates -- 12. It's all for you, Sen Jak! / Donald J. Cosentino -- Notes on contributors -- Index. |
| Subject |
Vodou -- Haiti.
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Haiti -- Religious life and customs.
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| Added Author |
Michel, Claudine.
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Bellegarde-Smith, Patrick.
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| Added Title |
Vodoo in Haitian life and culture |
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Invisible powers |
| ISBN |
1403971625 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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1403971617 (alk. paper) |
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9781403971616 (alk. paper) |
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9781403971623 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| Standard No. |
YDXCP 2265099 |
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YDXCP 2265100 |
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NZ1 10723242 |
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AU@ 000040113846 |
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