Mama Lola : a Vodou priestess in Brooklyn / Karen McCarthy Brown.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Brown, Karen McCarthy.

Series:

• Comparative studies in religion and society ; 4.
• Comparative studies in religion and society ; 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Kowalski, Alourdes.
• Mambos (Vodou)--New York (State)--New York.
• Mambos (Vodou).
• New York (State)--New York.
• Vodou--New York (State)--New York.
• Vodou.
• Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)--Religion.

Physical Description:

x, 405 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, [1991]

Summary:

Mama Lola is an intimate spiritual biography of a Vodou priestess and her family. Haitian Vodou is not only one of the most misunderstood religions in the world; it is also one of the most maligned.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0520070739

OCLC:

21950847