- Paperback: 336 pages
- Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers; Reissue edition (1 Oct 1991)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0060916494
- ISBN-13: 978-0060916497
- Product Dimensions: 20.1 x 13.2 x 2.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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An account of the weird mysteries and horrors of voodoo.
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I thoroughly enjoyed this book, which starts off in Jamaica and with folk traditions there including obeah and then moves on to Haiti.
Most of the book is based on Hurston's travels and direct experiences collecting folklore in Haiti. A wonderful picture of early 20th century Haiti and its colourful religion of vodou (voodoo), this book is highly reccommended to all practitioners of Haitian vodou or those interested in Haitian or Caribbean culture.
Most of the book is based on Hurston's travels and direct experiences collecting folklore in Haiti. A wonderful picture of early 20th century Haiti and its colourful religion of vodou (voodoo), this book is highly reccommended to all practitioners of Haitian vodou or those interested in Haitian or Caribbean culture.
4 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is ok for thosr of you who want to see someone elses point of view. But if you want to learn of Voodoo and how it works then this might not be as helpful. However it is great to see how different people percieve voodooism.
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49 of 51 people found the following review helpful
Zora's trip into voodoo
16 May 2000
Format:Paperback
In the late 1930s, Zora Neale Hurston toured Jamaica and Haiti on a Guggenheim Fellowship collecting folklore and voodoo materials for this book, published in 1938. The book is in three sections, covering her views of and experiences in Jamaica, people and politics of Haiti, and finally her initiation and participation in the world of Haitian voodoo. Zora maintains her usual stance of the involved, inquisitive participant, and her initiation into the ways of voodoo was, and is, both remarkable and engaging. From sexism in Jamaica to threats about her voodoo investigations, from commentary on her role as ethnographer to criticism of previous white studies of voodoo, the book is wild, and collects a huge range of important black cultural practices. Zora left the field hurriedly in 1938, desperately ill, convinced she might die, and sure that she had been 'hexed' for delving too deep into the world of 'bad' (petro) voodoo...have a read of one of the most important pieces of black folklore research of the 1930s. Parlay cheval ou! Ah bo bo!
15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Engaging reading, fantastic stories
19 Nov 2002
Format:Paperback
Reading this book is like travelling along with Ms. Neale Hurston as she explores life in Haiti. You will meet fanscinating and intriguing people. The practices and beliefs are explained in just enough detail to make you feel like you were there, but all the mystery is retained as even the author is unable to explain or understand the depth of experience and strength of beliefs held by the native Haitians. Finding non-fiction that reads like a novel is a rare and wonderful treasure.
17 of 19 people found the following review helpful
It Will Change Your Reality
8 Oct 2000
Format:Paperback
If this book was fiction I would call it one of the most imaginative books I have ever read, but it's real. It is scary, unbelievably deep, and true. A wonderful anthropological gathering of stories, ceremonies , and everyday life. Let me wash my face with Jalapeno rum if I'm not telling the truth about this book being great. You can tell my horse.
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