Vodún: Secrecy and the Search for Divine Power
Timothy R. LandryHighlighting 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.
Year:
2018
Publisher:
University of Pennsylvania Press
Language:
english
Pages:
216
ISBN 10:
0812295633
ISBN 13:
9780812295634
File:
PDF, 1.76 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2018