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Record Nr.

UNINA9910798215503321

Titolo

Vodou in Haitian memory : the idea and representation of vodou in Haitian imagination / / edited by Celucien L. Joseph and Nixon S. Cleophat

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-4985-0835-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (250 p.)

Disciplina

299.6/75097294

Soggetti

Vodou - Haiti

Religion and culture - Haiti

Collective memory - Haiti

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Fabre Geffrard, the Holly Family, and the Construction of a "Civilized" Haiti; 2 Oath to Our Ancestors; 3 The Role of Vodou in the Religious Philosophy of Jean Price-Mars; 4 Jacques Stephen Alexis, Haitian Vodou, and Medicine; 5 Haitian Vodou; 6 Vodouphobia and Afrophobic Discourse in Haitian Thought; 7 Haitian Vodou, a Politico-Realist Theology of Survival; 8 Vodou Symbolism and "Poto Mitan" Women in Edwidge Danticat's Work; 9 Writing from Lòt Bò Dlo; 10 The Economics of Vodou; Bibliography; Index; About the Contributors

Sommario/riassunto

Vodou in Haitian Memory examines the idea and representation of the Haitian Vodou in Haitin history, art, painting, aesthetics, and culture. Vodou is also studied from multiple theoretical approaches including queer, feminist theory, critical race theory, Marxism, postcolonial criticism, postmodernism, and psychoanalysis.