Voodoo queen
Subtitle: the spirited lives of Marie Laveau
By: by Martha Ward.
Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Jackson
Language: eng
Number of pages: 246
Subjects: Laveau, Marie, -- 1794-1881; Voodooism -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History -- 19th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 226-237) and index.
Table of contents: title: Who in heaven or hell, Africa or France, was Marie Leveau?; title: Catholic in the morning, voodoo by night; title: Working wife, widow, mistress, and voodoo divorcée; title: Marie Laveau brings the New Orleans Saints to town; title: Color schemes and protection policies on St. Ann Street; title: Freedom à la mode, à la Marie; title: Life in the cities of the dead; title: At the altar of love and luck; title: Madame Laveau's prayers, poisons, and political pull; title: How John, the Devil, and Mam'zelle Marie hoodooed the media; title: A tale of two sisters; title: The last queen of the voodoos returns from the dead; title: Postscript : events in the lives of the Marie Laveaus; title: At the end : recognition and respect.