Rara!
| Author | : Elizabeth McAlister |
| Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
| Total Pages | : 295 |
| Release | : 2002-05-01 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780520926745 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0520926749 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (749 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Rara! by : Elizabeth McAlister
Download or read book Rara! written by Elizabeth McAlister and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2002-05-01 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rara is a vibrant annual street festival in Haiti, when followers of the Afro-Creole religion called Vodou march loudly into public space to take an active role in politics. Working deftly with highly original ethnographic material, Elizabeth McAlister shows how Rara bands harness the power of Vodou spirits and the recently dead to broadcast coded points of view with historical, gendered, and transnational dimensions.
