Healing in the homeland : Haïtian vodou tradition / / Margaret Mitchell Armand

• Autore: Armand Margaret Mitchell
• Pubblicazione: Lanham, Md. ; ; Plymouth, England, : Lexington Books, 2013, c2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (281 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.097294
• Soggetto geografico: Haiti Social conditions 1971-; Haiti Economic conditions 1971-; Haiti Politics and government 1986-
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Ch01. Loko Atisou; Ch02. Lenglensou; Ch03. The Audacity of Faith Keeps the Drums Beating; Ch04. The Poto Mitan of Decolonization; Ch05. Gran Bwa; Ch06. Azaka Mede; Ch07. United We Are in the Realms of the Lwas; Epilogue; Appendix A. Genocide Convention; Appendix B. Willie Lynch Letter: The Making of a Slave; Appendix C. Petition for Successful Affranchissement; Appendix D. Indigenous Peoples' Forumat the United Nations; Appendix E. Indigenous Peoples' Rights ; Appendix F. United Nations Protection of the Heritage of Indigenous PeopleAppendix G. Haïti's Mineral Resources; Selected Bibliography; Index; About the Author; Artist's Statement
• Sommario/riassunto: Healing in the Homeland: Haitian Vodou Traditions examines the socio-cultural and economic oppression stemming from the local and international derived politics and religious economic oppression. While concentrating the narratives on stories of indigenous elites educated in the western traditions, Armand moves pass the variables of race to locate the historical conjuncture at the root of the persistent Haitian national division.
• Titolo autorizzato: Healing in the homeland
• ISBN: 1-4985-2183-5; 0-7391-7362-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910821466103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II