ISBN:
9780061695131
,
0061695130
Language:
English
Pages:
VIII, 311, 16 S.
,
Ill.
Edition:
1st Harper Perennial Modern Classics ed.
Series Statement:
Harper Perennial modern classics
DDC:
299.675
Keywords:
Voodooism
;
Voodooism
;
Wodu
;
Alltag
;
Alltag
;
Haiti Description and travel
;
Jamaica Description and travel
;
Haiti
;
Haiti
;
Jamaika
;
Haiti
;
Wodu
;
Haiti
;
Alltag
;
Jamaika
;
Alltag
Description / Table of Contents:
Pt. 1. Jamaica. The rooster's nest ; Curry goat ; Hunting the wild hog ; Night song after death ; Women in the Caribbean -- Pt. 2. Politics and personalities of Haiti. Rebirth of a nation ; The next hundred years ; The Black Joan of Arc ; Death of Leconte -- Pt. 3. Voodoo in Haiti. Voodoo and voodoo gods ; Isle de la Gonave ; Archahaie and what it means ; Zombies ; Secte rouge ; Parlay cheval ou (tell my horse) ; Graveyard dirt and other poisons ; Doctor Reser ; God and the Pintards.
Note:
Originally published in hardcover: J.B. Lippincott, c 1938. This edition first published with updates: New York : Harper Perennial, 1990
,
Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-304)
,
Includes "P.S. insights, interviews & more"--Cover. - Originally published in hardcover: J.B. Lippincott, c 1938. This edition first published with updates: New York : Harper Perennial, 1990. - Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-304)
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