Voodoo: Search for the Spirit
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Book Overview
Dispelling numerous myths associated with the cultural phenomenon, a history of voodoo emphasizes recent political events in Haiti and the United States and their effects on practitioners in both... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0810928574
ISBN13:9780810928572
Release Date:February 1995
Publisher:Harry N. Abrams
Length:176 Pages
Weight:0.59 lbs.
Dimensions:0.3" x 5.0" x 7.0"
Age Range:13 years and up
Grade Range:Grade 8 to Postsecondary
Customer Reviews
4 ratings
A fine researcher
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 21 years ago
Hurbon is a very fine academic and I always enjoy his well-researched books. For me, though, they do not go far enough because I would like to USE Vodou practice in my daily life. Hurbon is great on the history and traditions of Vodou but a better book for parctical information is Ross Heaven's Vodou Shaman. I'd suggest you read them both, although Hurbon's is the better for academic study.
A Wealth of Information
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 22 years ago
I did not know what to expect when I purchased this book. I needed a serious reference book to research Voodoo (or as I call it Vodou) in "my country" and I found it. This is a very smart and thoroughly researched and documented book that I highly recommend to anyone who has an intellectual curiosity of the Haitian Vodou culture.
This book was complete and concise in its picture of Haiti.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
If you want to know about the Voodoo religion, this book has a very clear summary of this religion. It also writes about the history of Haiti in a very clean and concise manner. And seems very true. It's not slanted or biased in any way. There are pictures of interest also. This book kept me involved in knowing Haiti's history page after page.
Super info without Hollywood hype
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 26 years ago
Beautiful color photography encompassing rites, sigils and practitioners. Documentation and historical facts interwoven with colorful descriptions of all of the above and more.
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