Mama Lola

Description:

"Karen McCarthy Brown's classic book shatters stereotypes of Vodou by offering an intimate portrait of African-based religion in everyday life. She explores the importance of women's religious practices along with related themes of family and of social change. Weaving several of her own voices--analytic, descriptive, and personal--with the voices of her subjects in alternate chapters of traditional ethnography and ethnographic fiction, Brown presents herself as a character in Mama Lola's world and allows the reader to evaluate her interactions there. Startlingly original, Brown's work endures as an important experiment in ethnography as a social art form rooted in human relationships. A new preface, epilogue, bibliography, and a collection of family photographs tell the story of the effect of the book's publication on Mama Lola's life."--Publisher's description.

subjects: Religion,  Voodooism,  Mambos (Voodooism),  Vodou,  Mambos (Vodou),  Voodoo,  Mambo (Vaudou),  Vaudou,  Noirs américains,  Erlebnisbericht,  11.09 systematic religious studies: other,  Prêtresses,  Wodu,  United states, religion,  Brooklyn (new york, n.y.),  Geister,  Priesterin,  Haitianerin,  Ethnicity,  Superstitions,  Magic

People: Alourdes Kowalski

Places: Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.),  New York,  New York (State)