Sacred Possessions
Subtitle: Voodoo, Santeria, Obeah, and the Caribbean
Contributors: Margarite Fernandez Olmos (Editor); Lizabeth Paravisini-Gebert (Editor); Margarite Fernandez Olmos (Editor)
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Published: March 1997
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 324
ISBN-13: 9780813523613
Subjects: Anthropology; Cultural studies; Ethnic or tribal religions; Religion; Caribbean Area; Sociology; Africa; Caribbean Sea; Ethnic & Tribal; General; African Religions And Mythologies; Blacks
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