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Voodoo Queen: The Spirited Lives of Marie Laveau
Martha Ward
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Description for Voodoo Queen: The Spirited Lives of Marie Laveau
Hardcover. The Laveaus were free women of colour, prominent French-speaking Creoles who, from the 1820s until the 1880s, when one died and the other disappeared, fuelled gossip, fear, and fierce affection. Martha Ward explores the lives of this extraordinary mother and daughter, shamens who ruled the imagination of New Orleans. Num Pages: 246 pages, illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: HRK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 612.
Each year, thousands of pilgrims visit the celebrated New Orleans tomb where Marie Laveau is said to lie. They seek her favors or fear her lingering influence. Voodoo Queen: The Spirited Lives of Marie Laveau is the first study of the Laveaus, mother and daughter of the same name. Both were legendary leaders of religious and spiritual traditions many still label as evil.
The Laveaus were free women of color and prominent French-speaking Catholic Creoles. From the 1820s until the 1880s when one died and the other disappeared, gossip, fear, and fierce affection swirled about them. From the heart ... Read more
Each year, thousands of pilgrims visit the celebrated New Orleans tomb where Marie Laveau is said to lie. They seek her favors or fear her lingering influence. Voodoo Queen: The Spirited Lives of Marie Laveau is the first study of the Laveaus, mother and daughter of the same name. Both were legendary leaders of religious and spiritual traditions many still label as evil.
The Laveaus were free women of color and prominent French-speaking Catholic Creoles. From the 1820s until the 1880s when one died and the other disappeared, gossip, fear, and fierce affection swirled about them. From the heart ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University Press of Mississippi
Condition
New
Number of Pages
277
Place of Publication
Jackson, United States
ISBN
9781578066292
SKU
V9781578066292
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About Martha Ward
Martha Ward is the author of Nest in the Wind, A World Full of Women, and A Sounding of Women: Autobiographies from Unexpected Places, among other books. She is University Research Professor Emerita of Anthropology, Urban Studies, and Women's Studies at the University of New Orleans.
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