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A carregar... Island Possessedpor Katherine Dunham
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History.
Performing Arts.
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HTML: Just as surely as Haiti is "possessed" by the gods and spirits of vaudun (voodoo), the island "possessed" Katherine Dunham when she first went there in 1936 to study dance and ritual. In this book, Dunham reveals how her anthropological research, her work in dance, and her fascination for the people and cults of Haiti worked their spell, catapulting her into experiences that she was often lucky to survive. Here 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, particularly between blacks and mulattos, and the political hatred still very much in evidence today. Full of the flare and suspense of immersion in a strange and enchanting culture, Island Possessed is also a pioneering work in the anthropology of dance and a fascinating document on Haitian politics and voodoo. .Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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Katherine Dunham, probably more famous for the dance company she founded, was also a trained anthropologist, and this book is her story of the time spent doing field work in Haiti, a country which she loved and where she lived for many years.
Much of the book is a discussion of the voudon religion, in which she became an initiate of the gods of Nam 'Guinee. And there is also much discussion of the political situation in Haiti during the thirties, forties and fifties.
It's a fascinating account of a country whose history is not well-known, of a religion that is often caricatured and misunderstood, and of a complex people and society.