Timothy R. Landry

Broschiertes Buch

Vodún

Secrecy and the Search for Divine Power

Beschreibung

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.

Autor

Timothy R. Landry teaches anthropology and religious studies at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut.

Produktdetails

• Contemporary Ethnography
• Verlag: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Februar 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 330g
• ISBN-13: 9780812225259
• ISBN-10: 0812225252
• Artikelnr.: 62187066