Possession, Ecstasy, and Law in Ewe Voodoo - by Judy Rosenthal (Hardcover)
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Highlights
- Records the results of the author's 11-year study of Gorovodo, the voodoo practised by West Africa's Ewe populations of coastal Ghana, Togo and Benin.
- About the Author: Judy Rosenthal is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Michigan--Flint.
- 282 Pages
- Social Science, Anthropology
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About the Book
She intends this ethnography to mirror the textsof voodoo itself, a body of signifiers and meanings with which the reader must interact in order to make sense of it.Book Synopsis
Records the results of the author's 11-year study of Gorovodo, the voodoo practised by West Africa's Ewe populations of coastal Ghana, Togo and Benin. The work represents an ethnography of spirit possession that focuses on law and morality in medicine voodoo orders.Review Quotes
I was enthralled by this book and that, I believe, is not something that often happens to a reader of ethnography. There is a marvelous simplicity and honesty in this very sophisticated text that could only have come from prolonged fieldwork and the loving care of the people among whom Rosenthal dwelt-not to mention the magic of the spirits themselves.
--Michael Taussig, Columbia UniversityAbout the Author
Judy Rosenthal is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Michigan--Flint.
Dimensions (Overall): 9.35 Inches (H) x 6.27 Inches (W) x .99 Inches (D)
Weight: 1.42 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Sub-Genre: Anthropology
Genre: Social Science
Number of Pages: 282
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Theme: Cultural & Social
Format: Hardcover
Author: Judy Rosenthal
Language: English
Street Date: September 17, 1998
TCIN: 93506563
UPC: 9780813918044
Item Number (DPCI): 247-04-3249
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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