Possession, Ecstasy and Law in Ewe Voodoo |
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| Author:
| Rosenthal, Judy |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8139-1805-1 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 1998 |
| Publisher: | University of Virginia Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $37.50 |
Book Description:
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Records the results of the author's 11-year study of Gorovodo, the voodoo practised by West Africa's Ewe populations of coastal Ghana, Togo and Benin. The work represents an ethnography of spirit possession that focuses on law and morality in ""medicine voodoo"" orders.
Records the results of the author's 11-year study of Gorovodo, the voodoo practised by West Africa's Ewe populations of coastal Ghana, Togo and Benin. The work represents an ethnography of spirit possession that focuses on law and morality in ""medicine voodoo"" orders.