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American voudou: journey into a hidden world
by Davis, Rod
fromBook collections on Project MUSE
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This chronicle of Davis's determined search for the true legacy of voudou in America reveals a spirit-world from New Orleans to Miami which will shatter long-held stereotypes about the religion and its role in our culture. The real-life dramas of the practitioners, true believer…
Voodoo is a religion of charms and rituals intended to empower life and bring good fortune to those who practice it. This book separates fact from fiction, tracing voodoo's roots back to its African origins and its full development in the West Indies.
The drums of Vodou
by Wilcken, Lois, Augustin, Frisner
fromPerformance in world music series
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"In Obeah and Other Powers, historians and anthropologists consider how marginalized spiritual traditions--such as obeah, Vodou, and Santería--have been understood and represented across the Caribbean since the seventeenth century. In essays focused on Cuba, Haiti, Jamaica, Mart…
"In Obeah and Other Powers, historians and anthropologists consider how marginalized spiritual traditions--such as obeah, Vodou, and Santería--have been understood and represented across the Caribbean since the seventeenth century. In essays focused on Cuba, Haiti, Jamaica, Mart…
This collection looks at Caribbean religious history from the late 18th century to the present including obeah, vodou, santeria, candomble, and brujeria. The contributors examine how these religions have been affected by many forces including colonialism, law, race, gender, clas…
