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Haitian Vodou

Spirit, Myth, and Reality

Patrick Bellegarde-Smith editor Claudine Michel editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Indiana University Press

Published:7th Dec '06

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Haitian scholars and practitioners examine the intersections of Vodou and Haitian society

Haitian Vodou breaks away from European and American heuristic models for understanding a religio-philosophical system such as Vodou in order to form new approaches with an African ethos. The contributors to this volume, all Haitians, examine the potentially radical and transformative possibilities of the religious and philosophical ideologies of Vodou and locate its foundations more clearly within an African heritage. Essays examine Vodou’s roles in organizing rural resistance; forming political values for the transformation of Haiti; teaching social norms, values, and standards; influencing Haitian culture through art and music; merging science with philosophy, both theoretically and in the healing arts; and forming the Haitian "manbo," or priest.

ISBN: 9780253218537

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 336g

192 pages