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ISBN: 0226171132

ISBN13: 9780226171135

Island Possessed

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Item: Island Possessed
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by Katherine Dunham

Just as surely as Haiti is "possessed" by the gods and spirits of vaudun (voodoo), the island "possessed" Katherine Dunham when she first went there in 1936 to study dance and ritual. In this book, Dunham reveals how her anthropological research, her work in dance, and her fascination for the people and cults of Haiti worked their spell, catapulting her into experiences that she was often lucky to survive. Here Dunham tells how the island came to...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0226171132

ISBN13:9780226171135

Release Date:June 1994

Publisher:University of Chicago Press

Length:287 Pages

Weight:0.71 lbs.

Dimensions:1.7" x 5.3" x 8.2"

Related Subjects

Arts & Literature Authors Caribbean & West Indies Haiti History Humanities Minority Studies Politics & Social Sciences Social Science Social Sciences Specific Demographics Textbooks

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Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 14 years ago

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Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 19 years ago

Manbo Dunham is a good writer and her prose flows as she talks about her sojourn in Haiti and the religious and political and other figures she interacts with there. This book is of especial interest for her description of the 3-day initiation called the lave tet [or sevis tet or kanzwe depending on where you are and who you ask], which is less well known than the more popular modern kanzo rite initiation centered in Potoprens and other urban centers in Haiti and the Diaspora.