Title: Mama Lola. Voodoo in Brooklyn
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.
Subjects: Religion, Voodooism, Mambos (Voodooism), Vodou, Mambos (Vodou), Voodoo, Mambo (Vaudou), Vaudou, Noirs américains, Erlebnisbericht, 11.09 systematic religious studies: other, Prêtresses, Wodu, United states, religion, Brooklyn (new york, n.y.), Geister, Priesterin, Haitianerin, Ethnicity, Superstitions, Magic
Places: Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.), New York, New York (State)
People: Alourdes Kowalski