Sacred Possessions
Subtitle: Vodou, Santeria, Obeah, and the Caribbean
Contributors: Margarite Fernandez Olmos (Editor); Lizabeth Paravisini-Gebert (Editor); Margarite Fernandez Olmos (Editor)
Publisher: Rutgers Univ Pr
Published: March 1997
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9780813523606
Subjects: Anthropology; Cultural studies; Ethnic or tribal religions; Religious Anthropology; African Religions And Mythologies; Religion; Africa; Caribbean Sea; Ethnic & Tribal; Comparative Religion; Blacks; Caribbean Area
First sentence: AFTER THE DEPARTURE of "Baby Doc" Duvalier from Haiti in February 1986, amid shouts of "Haiti liberee" and photos of charred "malfaiteurs," a Haitian friend remarked, "You can always invent a new image of Haiti." Perhaps no