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Vodou in Haitian Memory : The Idea and Representation of Vodou in Haitian Imagination.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Blue Ridge Summit : Lexington Books/Fortress Academic, 2016Copyright date: ©2016Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (250 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781498508353
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Vodou in Haitian MemoryDDC classification:
  • 299.6/75097294
LOC classification:
  • BL2490 -- .V623 2016eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Fabre Geffrard, the Holly Family, and the Construction of a "Civilized" Haiti -- 2 Oath to Our Ancestors -- 3 The Role of Vodou in the Religious Philosophy of Jean Price-Mars -- 4 Jacques Stephen Alexis, Haitian Vodou, and Medicine -- 5 Haitian Vodou -- 6 Vodouphobia and Afrophobic Discourse in Haitian Thought -- 7 Haitian Vodou, a Politico-Realist Theology of Survival -- 8 Vodou Symbolism and "Poto Mitan" Women in Edwidge Danticat's Work -- 9 Writing from Lòt Bò Dlo -- 10 The Economics of Vodou -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Contributors.
Summary: Vodou in Haitian Memory examines the idea and representation of the Haitian Vodou in Haitin history, art, painting, aesthetics, and culture. Vodou is also studied from multiple theoretical approaches including queer, feminist theory, critical race theory, Marxism, postcolonial criticism, postmodernism, and psychoanalysis.
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Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Fabre Geffrard, the Holly Family, and the Construction of a "Civilized" Haiti -- 2 Oath to Our Ancestors -- 3 The Role of Vodou in the Religious Philosophy of Jean Price-Mars -- 4 Jacques Stephen Alexis, Haitian Vodou, and Medicine -- 5 Haitian Vodou -- 6 Vodouphobia and Afrophobic Discourse in Haitian Thought -- 7 Haitian Vodou, a Politico-Realist Theology of Survival -- 8 Vodou Symbolism and "Poto Mitan" Women in Edwidge Danticat's Work -- 9 Writing from Lòt Bò Dlo -- 10 The Economics of Vodou -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Contributors.

Vodou in Haitian Memory examines the idea and representation of the Haitian Vodou in Haitin history, art, painting, aesthetics, and culture. Vodou is also studied from multiple theoretical approaches including queer, feminist theory, critical race theory, Marxism, postcolonial criticism, postmodernism, and psychoanalysis.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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