About this title: Published in 1938, Hurston's second book about black folklore chronicles her own experiences with voodoo in Haiti and Jamaica. She also writes about the politics of the islands.
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Date Published: 1/22/1990
ISBN-13:9780060916497ISBN:0060916494
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Date Published: 1990-01-22
ISBN-13:9780060916497ISBN:0060916494
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Turtle Island Books
Date Published: 1981-06
ISBN-13:9780913666333ISBN:0913666335
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Harpercollins
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780060916497ISBN:0060916494
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"Read it for my 495, an interesting anthropological study of Jamaica and Haiti and how they are very different, and how their perception of white people, especially the US is, how racism and sexism in their countries are rampant (how they all want to be white and how there is extreme racism within the black culture lighties vs. darkies) and very interesting and thorough details about Voodoo which helped me understand the religion much better."
"This book came with me to the Dominican Republic because Zora Neal wrote this about Haiti. The problem is that while she is sympathetic and doesn't belittle Vodou (Anglicised as Voodo), she utterly fails to bring it to life or create roots so it can grow into the readers conscientious. In other words, her words are flat colorless and void of life like a Zombie brought back to life."
"Very interesting book. A first of its kind by way of anthropological forays into voodoo traditions in Haiti & Jamaica, but still there was a slight sense of U.S. paternalism even in Hurston's analysis. Surprising, but also interesting."
"I love stories about Caribbean life. Even better, this book gives an interesting account of Hurston's time with the people of these two islands. They showed her things that many of us would never be allowed to witness."
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