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Vodou in Haitian Memory
The Idea and Representation of Vodou in Haitian Imagination
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2016
Summary
Throughout Haitian history—from 17th century colonial Saint-Domingue to 21st century postcolonial Haiti—arguably, the Afro-Haitian religion of Vodou has been represented as an “unsettling faith” and a “cultural paradox,” as expressed in various forms and modes of Haitian thought and life including literature, history, law, politics, painting, music, and art. Competing voices and conflicting ideas of Vodou have emerged from each of these cultural symbols and intellectual expressions. The Vodouist discourse has not only pervaded every aspect of the Haitian life and experience, it has defined the Haitian cosmology and worldview. Further, the Vodou faith has had a momentous impact on the evolution of Haitian intellectual, aesthetic, and literary imagination; comparatively, Vodou has shaped Haitian social ethics, sexual and gender identity, and theological discourse such as in the intellectual works and poetic imagination of Jean Price-Mars, Dantes Bellegarde, Jacques Roumain, Jacques Stephen Alexis, etc. Similarly, Vodou has shaped the discourse on the intersections of memory, trauma, history, collective redemption, and Haitian diasporic identity in Haitian women’s writings such as in the fiction of Edwidge Danticat, Myriam Chancy, etc.
The chapters in this collection tell a story about the dynamics of the Vodou faith and the rich ways Vodou has molded the Haitian narrative and psyche. The contributors of this book examine this constructed narrative from a multicultural voice that engages critically the discipline of ethnomusicology, drama, performance, art, anthropology, ethnography, economics, literature, intellectual history, philosophy, psychology, sociology, religion, and theology. Vodou is also studied from multiple theoretical approaches including queer, feminist theory, critical race theory, Marxism, postcolonial criticism, postmodernism, and psychoanalysis.
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Copyright year
2016
ISBN-Print
978-1-4985-0834-6
ISBN-Online
978-1-4985-0835-3
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
228
Product type
Edited Book
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Introduction No access
1 Fabre Geffrard, the Holly Family, and the Construction of a “Civilized” Haiti No access Pages 1 - 20
2 Oath to Our Ancestors No access Pages 21 - 32
3 The Role of Vodou in the Religious Philosophy of Jean Price-Mars No access Pages 33 - 52
4 Jacques Stephen Alexis, Haitian Vodou, and Medicine No access Pages 53 - 64
5 Haitian Vodou No access Pages 65 - 78
6 Vodouphobia and Afrophobic Discourse in Haitian Thought No access Pages 79 - 100
7 Haitian Vodou, a Politico-Realist Theology of Survival No access Pages 101 - 124
8 Vodou Symbolism and “Poto Mitan” Women in Edwidge Danticat’s Work No access Pages 125 - 144
9 Writing from Lòt Bò Dlo No access Pages 145 - 178
10 The Economics of Vodou No access Pages 179 - 190
