About this title: Karen McCarthy Brown's "Mama Lola" challenges stereotypes of Vodou by offering an intimate portrait of African-based religion in everyday life. She explores the importance of women's religious practices along with related themes of family and of social change. Weaving several of her own voices - analytic, descriptive and personal - with the voices of her subjects in alternate chapters of traditional ethnography and ethnographic fiction, Brown presents herself as a character in Mama Lola's world and allows the reader to evaluate her interactions there. Brown's work is an experiment in ...
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Publisher: University of California Press
Date Published: 2001-11-05
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Publisher: University of California Press
Date Published: 2001
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Date Published: 2001
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Publisher: University of California Press
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780520224759ISBN:0520224752
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Edition: Updated and Expanded ed.
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Publisher: University of California Press
Date Published: 2001
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Edition: Updated and Expanded ed.
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: University of California Press
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780520224759ISBN:0520224752
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ISBN-13:9780520224759ISBN:0520224752
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: University of California Press
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780520224759ISBN:0520224752
Description: New. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 429 p. Contains: Illustrations. Comparative Studies in Religion and Society (Paperback), 4. read more
"This is an intriguing ethnography that clearly is written from the ground up. We really see in McCarthy's Brown's analysis of Voudou how "primitive" religions actually make sense and play an important role in people's life. What is amazing to me is how McCarthy Brown was able to embed so many theoretical strands within her narrative, making it a gold mind of methodology and theory for religions scholars without making it difficult or boring."
"Very interesting so far, I purchased this book after havning participated in a VooDoo ritual on Halloween 2008 in New Orleans with Mama Lola herself as the officient. Very exciting night!"
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