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Beschreibung

Highlighting the ways in which racialization, power, and the legacy of colonialism affect the procurement and transmission of secret knowledge in West Africa and beyond, Landry demonstrates how, paradoxically, secrecy is critically important to Vodún's global expansion.

Highlighting the ways in which racialization, power, and the legacy of colonialism affect the procurement and transmission of secret knowledge in West Africa and beyond, Landry demonstrates how, paradoxically, secrecy is critically important to Vodún's global expansion.

Über den Autor
Timothy R. Landry teaches anthropology and religious studies at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut.
Inhaltsverzeichnis

A Note on Orthography and Style

Introduction

Chapter 1. Touring the Forbidden

Chapter 2. Receiving the Forest

Chapter 3. Secrecy, Objects, and Expanding Markets

Chapter 4. Belief, Efficacy, and Transnationalism

Chapter 5. Global Vodún, Diversity, and Looking Ahead

Epilogue

Notes

Works Cited

Index

Acknowledgments

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2022
Fachbereich: Völkerkunde
Genre: Importe
Produktart: Nachschlagewerke
Rubrik: Völkerkunde
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780812225259
ISBN-10: 0812225252
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Landry, Timothy R
Hersteller: University of Pennsylvania Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Mare Nostrum Group B.V., Doelen 72, ?-4831 GR Breda, gpsr@mare-nostrum.co.uk
Maße: 229 x 152 x 13 mm
Von/Mit: Timothy R Landry
Erscheinungsdatum: 15.02.2022
Gewicht: 0,308 kg
Artikel-ID: 120311294