Istwa across the water : Haitian history, memory, and the cultural imagination / Toni Pressley-Sanon.

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Drawing on the belief system of Vodou, this project is anchored by three theoretical concepts: tidalectics, a term for the repetitive back-and-forth movement of the ocean, symbolizing ritual, balance, and cyclical unity; Marasa, or twinning, a principle of Vodou in which fragmented parts strive for...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pressley-Sanon, Toni (Author)
Language:English
Published: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2017]
Subjects:
Haiti > History.
Haiti > Social life and customs.
Memory > Social aspects > Haiti.
Vodou > Haiti.
Haiti > Religious life and customs.
Creole dialects, French > Haiti.
Physical Description:xiv, 195 pages ; 24 cm
Format: Book

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