Mysterious Voodoo Queen, Marie Laveaux

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African diaspora religions
Ann Street
Author_Ina J. Fandrich
Category=NH
Category=QRR
city
congo
Congo Square
Creole identity studies
crescent
Crescent City
Cross Bar
Daily Picayune
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eq_history
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female
Free Women
gender and power
haitian
Haitian Vodou
Hidden Transcripts
historical ethnography
Lake Pontchartrain
leadership
Louis Cathedral
Louis Cemetery
Marie II
Marie Laveau
nineteenth century New Orleans voodoo culture
orleans
Orleans Voodoo
powerful
Powerful Female Leadership
Quadroon Balls
religious syncretism
Sacramental Records
square
tradition
Vice Versa
Voodoo Ceremony
Voodoo Practitioners
Voodoo Priestess
Voodoo Tradition
Widow Paris
women in spiritual leadership
Young Men

Product details

  • ISBN 9780415972505
  • Weight: 589g
  • Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
  • Publication Date: 21 Apr 2005
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Hardback
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This study investigates the emergence of powerful female leadership in New Orleans' Voodoo tradition. It provides a careful examination of the cultural, historical, economic, demographic and socio-political factors that contributed both to the feminization of this religious culture and its strong female leaders.