Mama Lola : a Vodou priestess in Brooklyn / Karen McCarthy Brown.
2001
BL2490.K68 B76 2001 (Mapit)
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Title
Mama Lola : a Vodou priestess in Brooklyn / Karen McCarthy Brown.
Author
Brown, Karen McCarthy.
Edition
Updated and expanded ed.
ISBN
9780520224758 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0520224752 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0520224752 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Imprint
Berkeley : University of California Press, c2001.
Language
English
Description
xviii, 429 p., [10] p. of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.
Call Number
BL2490.K68 B76 2001
Alternate Call Number
73.58
Dewey Decimal Classification
299/.675/092
Summary
"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."--Publisher's description.
Note
Includes glossary.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [407]-414) and index.
Available Note
Also available electronically via World Wide Web as an ACLS humanities e-book. Access restricted to subscribers.
Series
Comparative studies in religion and society.
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Table of Contents
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.
- 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.