Mama Lola A Vodou Priestess in Brooklyn - Comparative Studies in Religion and Society
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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.
Book information
ISBN: | 9780520224759 |
Publisher: | University of California Press |
Imprint: | University of California Press |
Pub date: | 04 Dec 2001 |
Edition: | Updated and expanded Edition |
DEWEY: | 299.675092 |
DEWEY edition: | 21 |
Language: | English |
Number of pages: | 432 |
Weight: | 599g |
Height: | 229mm |
Width: | 152mm |
Spine width: | 25mm |