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Author:   Margarite Fernândez Olmos ,  Lizabeth Paravisini-Gebert ,  Margarite Fernandez Olmos ,  Lizabeth Paravisini-Gebert
Publisher:   Rutgers University Press
Imprint:   Rutgers University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.482kg
ISBN:  

9780813523613

ISBN 10:   0813523613
Pages:   325
Publication Date:   01 March 1997
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of print, replaced by POD  
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"Acknowledgments Introduction: Religious Syncretism and Caribbean Culture Vodoun, or the Voice of the Gods Women Possessed: Eroticism and Exoticism in the Representation of Woman as Zombie ""I Am Going to See Where My Oungan Is"": The Artistry of a Haitian Vodou Flagmaker La Regla de Ocha: The Religious System of Santeria  From The Sacred Wild to the City: Santeria in Cuba Today From Monkey Tales to Cuban Songs: On Signification  Ifa and Interpretation: An Afro-Caribbean Literary Practice Romantic Voodoo: Obeah and British Culture, 1797-1807 ""An Article of Faith"": Obeah and Hybrid Identities in Elizabeth Nunez-Harrell's When Rocks Dance ""Another Poor Devil of a Human Being..."": Jean Rhys and the Novel as Obeah The Shaman Woman, Resistance, and the Powers of Transformation: A Tribute to Ma Cia in Simone Schwarz-Bart's The Bridge of Beyond Sorcerers, She-Devils, and Shipwrecked Women: Writing Religion in French-Caribbean Literature Trans-Caribbean Identity and the Fictional World of Mayra Montero Glossary Works Cited Notes on Contributors Index"

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MARGARITE FERNANDEZ OLMOS is the author or coeditor of many books, including The Latino Reader: An American Literary Tradition from 1542 to the Present, U.S. Latino Literature: A Critical Guide for Students and Teachers, Healing Cultures: Art and Religion as Curative Practices in the Caribbean and Its Diaspora, Sacred Possessions: Vodou, Santería, Obeah, and the Caribbean, and Creole Religions of the Caribbean: An Introduction from Vodou and Santería to Obeah and Espiritismo. 

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