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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823984903321

Titolo

Vodou in Haitian life and culture : invisible powers / / edited by Claudine Michel and Patrick Bellegarde-Smith

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006

ISBN

1-349-53305-X

0-312-37620-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiv, 242 pages)

Altri autori (Persone)

MichelClaudine

Bellegarde-SmithPatrick

Disciplina

299.6/75097294

Soggetti

Voodooism

Haiti Religious life and customs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Vodou in Haitian Life and Culture -- Contents -- Invisible Powers: An Introduction -- Chapter 1 Afro-Caribbean Spirituality: A Haitian Case Study -- Chapter 2 Vodou in Haiti: Way of Life and Mode of Survival -- Chapter 3 African Interpretations of the Christian Cross in Vodou -- Chapter 4 The Song of Freedom: Vodou, Conscientization, and Popular Culture in Haiti -- Chapter 5 Yon Moso Twal Nan Bwa (A Piece of Cloth on Wood): The Drapo Vodou in Myths of Origin -- Chapter 6 "The Jew" in the Haitian Imagination: Pre-Modern Anti-Judaism in the Postmodern Caribbean -- Chapter 7 Resisting Freedom: Cultural Factors in Democracy-The Case for Haiti -- Chapter 8 The Haiti-New Orleans Vodou Connection: Zora Neale Hurston as Initiate-Observer -- Chapter 9 Water in Their Eyes, Dust on Their Land: Heat and Illness in a Haitian Town -- Chapter 10 How Houngans Use the Light from Distant Stars -- Chapter 11 Vodou in Haitian Literature -- Chapter 12 It's All for You, Sen Jak! -- Notes on Contributors -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

An introduction to Vodou practices and beliefs, with a focus on Haiti.