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Author:
Herskovits, Melville J. (Melville Jean), 1895-1963.
Title:
Life in a Haitian valley / Melville J. Herskovits ; introduction by Sidney Mintz.
Edition:
1st Markus Wiener publishers ed.
Publisher:
Markus Wiener Publishers,
Copyright Date:
2007
Description:
p. cm.
Subject:
Voodooism
Magic--Haiti.
Haiti--Social life and customs.
Mirebalais (Haiti)
Notes:
Originally published: New York ; London : A.A. Knopf, 1937. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
The African heritage -- What the slaves found in Haiti -- Working the amalgam -- The setting of Haitian life -- Birth, childhood, and adolescence -- Mating and marriage -- Property, wealth, and the family -- What is "voodoo"? -- Vodun worship : the service -- Vodun worship : the dance -- The cult of twins and of the dead -- Magic, good and bad -- Africa and Europe in Haitian life -- Catholicism and vodun -- Some wider implications.
ISBN:
1558764550 (pbk.)
9781558764552 (pbk.)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)165478400
LCCN:
2007033261
Locations:
OSAX771 -- Grand View University Library (Des Moines)

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