Voodoo : search for the spirit / Laënnec Hurbon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hurbon, Laënnec.

Contributor:

Frankel, Lory, translator.

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Discoveries (New York, N.Y.)

Discoveries

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Vodou--Haiti.

Vodou.

Haiti.

Vodou in art.

Haiti--Religious life and customs.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)

Physical Description:

175 pages, 1 unnumbered page : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 18 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, 1995.

Summary:

Well-written, loaded with information, and with a rich assortment of illustrations, each Discoveries "RM" volume is a look at one facet of art, archaeology, music, history, philosophy, popular culture, science, or nature. These innovatively designed, affordably priced, compact paperbacks bring ideas to life and amplify our understanding of civilization in a new way.

Contents:

The great crossing

Voodoo hidden in the hell of slavery

Campaigns against sorcery

The spirit of the "lwa"

The cult of the dead

"Manjé-lwa", "Dansé-lwa": the services

An astonishing survival

Documents.

Notes:

"Translated from the French by Lory Frankel."

"Editor: Elisa Urbanelli. Typographic Designer: Elissa Ichiyasu ..."

Includes bibliographical references (page 169) and index.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.

ISBN:

0810928574 :

9780810928572

OCLC:

32511174