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Title: Voodoo in Haiti by Alfred Metraux, Hugo Charteris ISBN: 0-8052-0894-1 Publisher: Pantheon Books Pub. Date: 01 April, 1989 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $17.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.4 (5 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: superb study of voodoo
Comment: The most carefully researched and authentic scholarly book on
Voodoo. Reads very well--good in-depth coverage.
Rating: 4
Summary: Objective and Respectful
Comment: Alfred Metraux's study of Haitian vaudou is as comprehensive as one can imagine an outsider can achieve. The book covers the history, social framework, gods, spirits, and loa, rituals, magic, and what The Church thinks. There are antecdotal stories that illustrate the powers and beliefs of vaudou practitioners. Metraux's direct observations are ususally imparted without condescension. I found the writing to be scholarly as well as approachable and entertaining. An excellent resource for those interested in this misunderstood Creole religion.
Rating: 5
Summary: A Good Place to Start
Comment: If you want to learn something about Voodoo, then start with Alfred Metraux's "Voodoo in Haiti". It's the most straight down the line, objective, anthropological study of voodoo that one can find. Often, better editions of the book are accompanied by Metraux's photography, which in itself tells one a great deal about this religion. Factual evidence is the priority here and for that reason alone, it's a respectable book that doesn't tell any lies. Metraux is the classic 'outsider' who is looking in at Voodoo, and his viewpoint is never marred by Western conceits or judgements. "Voodoo in Haiti" firmly puts Voodoo in its place alongside every other religion in the world: it has value, merits, problems and practices. Most importantly of all, Metraux does not once mention "Live and Let Die".
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Title: Secrets of Voodoo by Milo Rigaud ISBN: 0872861716 Publisher: City Lights Publishers Pub. Date: 01 June, 1985 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Passage of Darkness: The Ethnobiology of the Haitian Zombie by Wade Davis ISBN: 0807842109 Publisher: University of North Carolina Press Pub. Date: 01 May, 1988 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: Haiti, History, and the Gods by Joan Dayan ISBN: 0520213688 Publisher: University of California Press Pub. Date: 01 March, 1998 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Discoveries: Voodoo : Search for the Spirit (DISCOVERIES (ABRAMS)) by Laennec Hurbon, Lory Frankel ISBN: 0810928574 Publisher: Harry N Abrams Pub. Date: 01 February, 1995 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: The SERPENT AND THE RAINBOW by Wade Davis ISBN: 0684839296 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 01 August, 1997 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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