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

• Pubblicazione: New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiv, 242 pages)
• Disciplina: 299.6/75097294
• Soggetto topico: Voodooism
• Soggetto geografico: Haiti Religious life and customs
• Altri autori: MichelClaudine Bellegarde-SmithPatrick
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Vodou in Haitian life and culture
• ISBN: 1-349-53305-X; 0-312-37620-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910823984903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II