Mama Lola
Subtitle: a Vodou priestess in Brooklyn
By: Karen McCarthy Brown.
Edition: Rev. and expanded ed.
Series: Comparative studies in religion and society ;; 4
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Berkeley, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 429
Subjects: Kowalski, Alourdes; Mambos (Voodooism) -- New York (State) -- New York; Voodooism -- New York (State) -- New York; Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) -- Religion
Description: "Karen McCarthy Brown's classic book shatters stereotypes of Vodou by offering an intimate portrait of African-based religion in everyday life. She explores the importance of women's religious practices along with related themes of family and of social change. Weaving several of her own voices--analytic, descriptive, and personal--with the voices of her subjects in alternate chapters of traditional ethnography and ethnographic fiction, Brown presents herself as a character in Mama Lola's world and allows the reader to evaluate her interactions there. Startlingly original, Brown's work endures as an important experiment in ethnography as a social art form rooted in human relationships. A new preface, epilogue, bibliography, and a collection of family photographs tell the story of the effect of the book's publication on Mama Lola's life."--Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.