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Cord of blood : possession and the making of Voodoo / Nadia Lovell.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lovell, Nadia, 1963-
- Series:
- Anthropology, culture, and society.
- Anthropology, culture, and society
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Vodou--Togo.
- Vodou.
- Togo--Religious life and customs.
- Togo.
- Physical Description:
- 151 p.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; Sterling, Va. : Pluto Press, 2002.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- An ethnographically rich account of the Vodhum (voodoo) cult amongst the Watchi in Southern Togo.
- Contents:
- Blood and place, persons and gods
- Making gods, knowing gods
- Tying humans, unmaking gender
- Healing modernities, engendering difference.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9781849641296
- 1849641293
- OCLC:
- 654106809
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