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A New Orleans Voudou Priestess: The Legend and Reality of Marie Laveau
Carolyn Morrow Long
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Paperback. Legendary for a combination of spiritual power, beauty, charisma, showmanship, intimidation, and shrewd business sense, Marie Leveau also was known for her kindness and charity. This book explores social, political, and legal setting in which the lives of Laveau's African and European ancestors became intertwined in nineteenth-century New Orleans. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSL; 3JH; BGH; HRKT; HRQX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
Legendary for an unusual combination of spiritual power, beauty, charisma, showmanship, intimidation, and shrewd business sense, Marie Leveau also was known for her kindness and charity, nursing yellow fever victims and ministering to condemned prisoners, and her devotion to the Roman Catholic Church. In separating verifiable fact from semi-truths and complete fabrication, Carolyn Morrow Long explores the unique social, political, and legal setting in which the lives of Laveau's African and European ancestors became intertwined in nineteenth-century New Orleans.
Legendary for an unusual combination of spiritual power, beauty, charisma, showmanship, intimidation, and shrewd business sense, Marie Leveau also was known for her kindness and charity, nursing yellow fever victims and ministering to condemned prisoners, and her devotion to the Roman Catholic Church. In separating verifiable fact from semi-truths and complete fabrication, Carolyn Morrow Long explores the unique social, political, and legal setting in which the lives of Laveau's African and European ancestors became intertwined in nineteenth-century New Orleans.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University Press of Florida
Condition
New
Place of Publication
Florida, United States
ISBN
9780813032146
SKU
V9780813032146
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99-99
About Carolyn Morrow Long
Carolyn Morrow Long, a research associate at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History, is the author of Spiritual Merchants: Religion, Magic, and Commerce.
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