Voodoo in Haiti |
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| Author:
| Metraux, Alfred |
| Translator:
| Charteris, Hugo |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8052-0894-8 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 1989 |
| Publisher: | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
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| Imprint: | Pantheon |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $15.96USD $17.95USD $17.95 |
Book Description:
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Voodoo in Haiti is a masterwork of observation and description by one of the most distinguished anthropologists of the twentieth century. Alfred Métraux (1902-1963) has written a rich and lasting study of the lives and rituals of the Haitian
mambos and adepts, and of the history and origins of their religion. It is an accurate and engaging account of one of the most fascinating and misunderstood cultures in the world. Translated by Hugo Charteris...
More Description Voodoo in Haiti is a masterwork of observation and description by one of the most distinguished anthropologists of the twentieth century. Alfred Métraux (1902-1963) has written a rich and lasting study of the lives and rituals of the Haitian mambos and adepts, and of the history and origins of their religion. It is an accurate and engaging account of one of the most fascinating and misunderstood cultures in the world.
Translated by Hugo Charteris
Introduction by Sidney W. Mintz