Rara!: Vodou, Power, and Performance in Haiti and Its Diaspora by Elizabeth McAlister

Rara!: Vodou, Power, and Performance in Haiti and Its Diaspora

Elizabeth McAlister

277 pages missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction history music sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced

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Rara is a vibrant annual street festival in Haiti, when followers of the Afro-Creole religion called Vodou march loudly into public space to take an active role in politics. Working deftly with highly original ethnographic material, Elizabeth McAl...

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