Vodún Secrecy and the Search for Divine Power |
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| Author:
| Landry, Timothy R. |
| Series title: | Contemporary Ethnography Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8122-5074-9 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2018 |
| Publisher: | University of Pennsylvania Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $54.95 |
Book Description:
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Highlighting the ways in which racialization, power, and the legacy of colonialism affect the procurement and transmission of secret knowledge in West Africa and beyond, Landry demonstrates how, paradoxically, secrecy is critically important to Vodún's global expansion.
Highlighting the ways in which racialization, power, and the legacy of colonialism affect the procurement and transmission of secret knowledge in West Africa and beyond, Landry demonstrates how, paradoxically, secrecy is critically important to Vodún's global expansion.