LASTUPDATE6minsago-HereOptionsto DownloadingorReadBookofMamaLola:AVodou PriestessinBrooklynUpdatedandExpandedEdition (ComparativeStudiesinReligionandSociety)BY: KarenMcCarthyBrown(Author)thePDFonlineon ServerAmazon,Reddit,Goodreads.
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KarenMcCarthyBrown'sclassicbookshattersstereotypesofVodouby offeringanintimateportraitofAfrican-basedreligionineverydaylife. Sheexplorestheimportanceofwomen'sreligiouspracticesalongwith relatedthemesoffamilyandofsocialchange.Weavingseveralofher ownvoices--analytic,descriptive,andpersonal--withthevoicesofher subjectsinalternatechaptersoftraditionalethnographyand ethnographicfiction,BrownpresentsherselfasacharacterinMama Lola'sworldandallowsthereadertoevaluateherinteractionsthere.
Startlinglyoriginal,Brown'sworkenduresasanimportantexperiment inethnographyasasocialartformrootedinhumanrelationships.A
newpreface,epilogue,bibliography,andacollectionoffamily photographstellthestoryoftheeffectofthebook'spublicationon MamaLola'slife.Readmore