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Island Possessed Paperback - 1994
by Dunham, Katherine
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Details
- Title Island Possessed
- Author Dunham, Katherine
- Binding Paperback
- Edition 1st Printing
- Condition New
- Pages 287
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher UNIV OF CHICAGO PR, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
- Date 1994-06-25
- Features Glossary
- Bookseller's Inventory # ING9780226171135
- ISBN 9780226171135 / 0226171132
- Weight 0.77 lbs (0.35 kg)
- Dimensions 8.16 x 5.26 x 1.67 in (20.73 x 13.36 x 4.24 cm)
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Themes
- Cultural Region: Caribbean
- Ethnic Orientation: African American
- Library of Congress subjects Voodooism, Haiti - Social life and customs
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 93046117
- Dewey Decimal Code 917.2
From the rear cover
Katherine Dunham began her love affair with Haiti during her first visit in 1936 as a graduate researcher in dance and anthropology. Island Possessed reconnects her with this love, bringing to life personal sketches of political figures, market women, peasants, children, even gods. Dunham tells how the island came to be possessed by the demons of voodoo and other cults imported from various parts of Africa, as well as by the deep class divisions and the political hatred still very much in evidence today.
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Citations
- Library Journal, 09/01/1994, Page 220