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The Spirits and the Law: Vodou and Power in Haiti
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| #1802171 in Books | Kate Ramsey | 2015-11-13 | 2015-11-13 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.00 x1.20 x6.00l, | File type: PDF | 448 pages | The Spirits and the Law||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| Exceptional Insight|By LeGrace Benson|Ramsey's research for this book is wide-ranging and meticulous. As a scholar who is looking at Haitian life and institutions from outside, but who who does so with serious respect, she has illuminated relationships between deeply rooted religious beliefs and social orders and arrangements. This book is a must-read not only for scholars but||
“Kate Ramsey tells a fascinating story of antisuperstition legislation in Haiti….a tour de force in the historical anthropology of Haitian vodou and the paradoxes of modernity that it so vividly manifests.”
Vodou has often served as a scapegoat for Haiti’s problems, from political upheavals to natural disasters. This tradition of scapegoating stretches back to the nation’s founding and forms part of a contest over the legitimacy of the religion, both beyond and within Haiti’s borders. The Spirits and the Law examines that vexed history, asking why, from 1835 to 1987, Haiti banned many popular ritual practices.
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