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Author:

McAlister, Elizabeth A.

Title:

Rara! : vodou, power, and performance in Haiti and its diaspora / Elizabeth McAlister.

Publisher:

University of California Press,

Copyright Date:

2002

Description:

xviii, 259 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. + 1 sound disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.)

Subject:

Rara Festival--History and criticism.--History and criticism.
Voodoo music--Haiti--History and criticism.
Folk music--Haiti--History and criticism.
Folk songs, Creole--Haiti--History and criticism.
Haiti--Social life and customs--20th century.
Haiti--Social conditions--1971-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-246), discography (p. 246-248), videography (p. 248), and index.

Contents:

Introducing rara -- Work and play, pleasure and performance -- Vulgarity and the politics of the small man -- Mystical work : spirits on parade -- Rara and "the Jew" : premodern anti-Judaism in postmodern Haiti -- Rara as popular army : hierarchy, militarism, and warfare -- Voices under domination : rara and the politics of insecurity -- Rara in New York City : transnational popular culture.

ISBN:

9780520228238 (paper : alk. paper)
0520228235 (paper : alk. paper)
9780520228221 (cloth : alk. paper)
0520228227 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)47863158
(OCoLC)49737687

LCCN:

2001005016

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)