Mama Lola A Vodou Priestess in Brooklyn

Name: Mama Lola A Vodou Priestess in Brooklyn
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ISBN: 9780520224759

ISBN-10: 0520224752

ISBN-13: 9780520224759

Edition: 2001 (Revised)

Authors: Karen McCarthy Brown

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Karen McCarthy Brown's classic book shatters stereotypes of Vodou by offering an intimate portrait of African-based religion in everyday life. She explores the importance of women's religious practices along with related themes of family and of social change. Weaving several of her own voices--analytic, descriptive, and personal--with the voices of her subjects in alternate chapters of traditional ethnography and ethnographic fiction, Brown presents herself as a character in Mama Lola's world and allows the reader to evaluate her interactions there. Startlingly original, Brown's work endures as an important experiment in ethnography as a social art form rooted in human relationships. A new…

Book details

List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 12/4/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 447
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.25" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 0.616
Language: English



Preface to the 2001 Edition


Preface to the First Edition


Introduction



Joseph Binbin Mauvant



Azaka



Raise That Woman's Petticoat



Ogou



The Baka Made from Jealousy



Kouzinn



Dreams and Promises



Ezili



Sojeme, Sojeme



Danbala



Plenty Confidence



Gede


Afterword


Glossary of Haitian Creole Terms


Bibliography


Index