Healing in the homeland : Haïtian vodou tradition / Margaret Mitchell Armand.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Armand, Margaret Mitchell.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Haiti--Social conditions--1971-.

Haiti.

Haiti--Economic conditions--1971-.

Haiti--Politics and government--1986-.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (281 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. ; Plymouth, England : Lexington Books, 2013, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Healing in the Homeland: Haitian Vodou Traditions examines the socio-cultural and economic oppression stemming from the local and international derived politics and religious economic oppression. While concentrating the narratives on stories of indigenous elites educated in the western traditions, Armand moves pass the variables of race to locate the historical conjuncture at the root of the persistent Haitian national division.

Contents:

Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Ch01. Loko Atisou; Ch02. Lenglensou; Ch03. The Audacity of Faith Keeps the Drums Beating; Ch04. The Poto Mitan of Decolonization; Ch05. Gran Bwa; Ch06. Azaka Mede; Ch07. United We Are in the Realms of the Lwas; Epilogue; Appendix A. Genocide Convention; Appendix B. Willie Lynch Letter: The Making of a Slave; Appendix C. Petition for Successful Affranchissement; Appendix D. Indigenous Peoples' Forumat the United Nations; Appendix E. Indigenous Peoples' Rights

Appendix F. United Nations Protection of the Heritage of Indigenous PeopleAppendix G. Haïti's Mineral Resources; Selected Bibliography; Index; About the Author; Artist's Statement

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from title page (ebrary, viewed September 13, 2013).

ISBN:

1-4985-2183-5

0-7391-7362-6

OCLC:

857467636