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Informationen zum Autor edited by Patrick Bellegarde-Smith, Claudine Michel Klappentext Essays examine Vodou's roles in organizing rural resistance; forming political values for the transformation of Haiti; teaching social norms, values, and standards; influencing Haitian culture through art and music; merging science with philosophy, both theoretically and in the healing arts; and forming the Haitian "manbo," or priest. Zusammenfassung Haitian scholars and practitioners examine the intersections of Vodou and Haitian society Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents IntroductionPatrick Bellegarde-Smith and Claudine Michel 1. Vodun and Social Transformation in the African Diasporic Experience: The Concept of Personhood in Haitian Vodun ReligionGuérin C. Montilus 2. Shadow-Matter Universes in Haitian and Dagara Ontologies: A Comparative StudyRéginald O. Crosley 3. Broken Mirrors: Mythos, Memories, and National HistoryPatrick Bellegarde-Smith 4. Of Worlds Seen and Unseen: The Educational Character of Haitian VodouClaudine Michel 5. Vodun, Music, and Society in Haiti: Affirmation and IdentityGerdès Fleurant 6. Vodoun, Peasant Songs, and Political OrganizingRénald Clérismé 7. From the Horses' Mouths: Women's Words/Women's WorldsClaudine Michel, Patrick Bellegarde-Smith, and Marlène Racine-Toussaint 8. Rainbow over Water: Art, Vodou Aestheticism, and PhilosophyMarc A. Christophe 9. A Reading of the Marasa Concept in Lilas Desquiron's Les Chemins de Loco-MiroirFlorence Bellande-Robertson 10. Herbs and Energy: The Holistic Medical System of the Haitian PeopleMax-G. Beauvoir ConclusionPatrick Bellegarde-Smith and Claudine Michel Appendix: Table of Haitian Lwa Bibliography List of Contributors Index
