Mama Lola : A Vodou Priestess in Brooklyn by Karen McCarthy Brown

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Like New: A book in excellent condition. Cover is shiny and undamaged, and the dust jacket is ...
Intended Audience
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ISBN
9780520224759
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Product Identifiers

Publisher
University of California Press
ISBN-10
0520224752
ISBN-13
9780520224759
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1943115

Product Key Features

Book Title
Mama Lola : a Vodou Priestess in Brooklyn
Number of Pages
447 Pages
Language
English
Topic
United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, De, Md, NJ, NY, Pa), Comparative Religion, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, History
Publication Year
2001
Illustrator
Yes
Features
Revised
Genre
Religion, Social Science, History
Author
Karen Mccarthy Brown
Book Series
Comparative Studies in Religion and Society Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
20.8 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in

Additional Product Features

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Trade
LCCN
2001-037028
Dewey Edition
21
Series Volume Number
4
Dewey Decimal
299/.675/092 B
Table Of Content
Preface to the 2001 Edition Preface to the First Edition Introduction 1. Joseph Binbin Mauvant 2. Azaka 3. Raise That Woman's Petticoat 4. Ogou 5. The Baka Made from Jealousy 6. Kouzinn 7. Dreams and Promises 8. Ezili 9. Sojème, Sojème 10. Danbala 11. Plenty Confidence 12. Gede Afterword Glossary of Haitian Creole Terms Bibliography Index What is new in this edition? Preface to the 2001 Edition; Afterword; more substantial Bibliography; and 21 photographs of Mama Lola and her family (no photographs were printed in the first edition)
Edition Description
Revised edition
Synopsis
Vodou is among the most misunderstood and maligned of the world's religions. "Mama Lola" shatters the stereotypes by offering an intimate portrait of Vodou in everyday life. Drawing on a decade-long friendship with Mama Lola, a Vodou priestess, Brown tells tales spanning five generations of Vodou healers in Mama Lola's family. 46 illustrations., 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 preface, epilogue, bibliography, and a collection of family photographs tell the story of the effect of the book's publication on Mama Lola's life.
LC Classification Number
BL2490.K68 B76 2001

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